A researcher designed an experiment to determine whether being ignored by other people during a conversation affects the motivation to interact. In this study, the independent variable is
A)motivation.
B)social interaction.
C)conversations.
D)being ignored.

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The independent variable is the condition that the researcher manipulates or changes to see if it has an effect on some other variable, which in this case is "being ignored." The researcher is specifically altering whether or not participants are ignored to observe its effect on motivation to interact, making "being ignored" the independent variable.

A Researcher Designed an Experiment to Determine Whether Being Ignored