Researchers Want to Examine Whether Writing About the Experience of Breast

question 14

Multiple Choice

Researchers want to examine whether writing about the experience of breast cancer increases feelings of hope and optimism.Breast-cancer patients were randomly assigned to one of two essay conditions: writing about their breast cancer or writing about their everyday tasks.The independent variable in this experiment would be:

• A) hope and optimism
• B) breast cancer diagnosis
• C) writing about everyday tasks
• D) the essay conditions

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