In one study described in the text, Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) showed participants male and female faces expressing emotions such as anger or happiness. On a given trial, each face was paired either with a label giving a situational cause for the emotion or with no label. Whether a label accompanied the picture is a(n) _____ variable in this study.
A)control
B)dependent
C)experimental
D)independent

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The label accompanying the picture is being manipulated by the researchers, and is therefore the independent variable.

In One Study Described in the Text, Barrett and Bliss-Moreau