Aresearcher measures the galvanic skin response (gsr), or degree of sweating, of people holding a clear plastic jar containing a spider. she compares the gsrs of people with spider phobias with the gsrs of people without spider phobias. in this experiment, the galvanic skin response functions as the

The correct is the dependent variable.

In research studies, a dependent variable (DV) refers to an outcome variable that occurs as a result of manipulating an independent variable (IV). The DV is simply the variable or finding in a study that is being tested and recorded. In this instance, galvanic skin response (GSR) is the DV because it is subject to and associated with whether or not a participant has been holding the jar with a spider in it. 

The answer should be b