Exhibit 2-6: a Researcher Carried Out an Experiment with Her

question 11

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 2-6: A researcher carried out an experiment with her freshman psychology students to answer the question: "Does college students' rate of learning a series of cognitive tasks differ in regard to gender and type of motivation (intrinsic or extrinsic) ?"
-Refer to Exhibit 2-6.What is the manipulated independent variable?

• A) gender
• B) type of motivation
• C) college students
• D) rate of learning task
• E) freshman psychology students

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