Question

Cho is helping her professor conduct an observational learning study in which the model is either similar or dissimilar to the participant. In this study, the similarity of the model to the participant is a(n) _____ variable.

Answer 1

An independent variable.

Step-by-step explanation:

The similarity of the model to the participants is an independent variable because independent variable is a variable that does not depend on other variable i.e it can stand alone and it is the variable that the experimenter have control on and changes it. Therefore, the similarity of the model to the participants indicates that the variable does not change and is independent on any other variable showing that it can stand alone.