What is the independent variable in the following hypothesis? "Persons who experience economic deprivation during socialization will place a higher priority on economic self-interest later in life than will people who did not experience economic deprivation during socialization." What is the independent variable in the following hypothesis? "Persons who experience economic deprivation during socialization will place a higher priority on economic self-interest later in life than will people who did not experience economic deprivation during socialization." persons economic deprivation priority of economic self-interest later life