Identify a psychological construct that would make an acceptable and ethical independent variable for YOU to manipulate in YOUR research proposal, along with at least two different levels of this variable. List variable; put levels in ( ).

You hypothesize that your manipulated IV will have an effect on some outcome or dependent variable. What is the dependent variable and what is a brief operational definition for it?
List the variable; put the operational definition in ( ).

State a hypothesis for a study concerning the two variables you have identified above.