While trying to discover the nature of the relationship between stress and blood pressure, a researcher asks participants to complete a difficult task.The researcher monitors the participants' blood pressure while exposing some participants to noisy distractions and other participants to a quiet environment.What type of research study is this?

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This is an experiment because the researcher is manipulating the independent variable (noisy distractions vs quiet environment) and measuring the effect on the dependent variable (blood pressure). The researcher also has a control group (participants in the quiet environment) to compare with the experimental group (participants exposed to noisy distractions).

While Trying to Discover the Nature of the Relationship Between