Walton and Cohen conducted a study in which they intervened in freshman college students' experience by having them read either an essay about how stress is a normal part of the college transition, or a control essay. What did the researchers find when they tracked the students' GPAs over the course of the next three years?
A) The treatment had no effect.
B) All students who read an essay about stress being normal had higher GPAs than those who did not.
C) Black students who read an essay about stress being normal had higher GPAs than Black students who did not.
D) White students who read an essay about stress being normal had higher GPAs than Black students who read the same essay.
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