An experimenter had one group of participants eat ice cream that was packaged in a red carton,whereas another group of participants ate the same flavoured ice cream from a green carton.Participants then indicated how much they liked the ice cream by rating the taste on a 1-5 scale.The independent variable in this experiment was the
A) ice cream ratings.
B) gender of the participant.
C) colour of the carton.
D) flavour of the ice cream.

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The independent variable in this experiment was the colour of the carton. The experimenter manipulated this variable by presenting the ice cream in either a red or green carton. The participants' ratings of the taste of the ice cream was the dependent variable. The gender of the participant and the flavour of the ice cream were not manipulated in this experiment and therefore, they are not independent variables.

An Experimenter Had One Group of Participants Eat Ice Cream