In an Experiment on Attitudes, Participants Are Given Either Positive

question 128

Multiple Choice

In an experiment on attitudes, participants are given either positive or negative information about a speaker and then asked to evaluate the effectiveness of the speaker. In this experiment, which is the independent variable?

• A) The effectiveness of the speaker
• B) The type of information the participants are given
• C) Attitude change
• D) The speaker

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