Imagine an experiment by Tolman in which he measures how fast Norwegian rats run down a runway for different sizes of food pellets. Using Tolman's ideas, match the description of the intervening variable to one of the terms listed below from the experiment:

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According to Tolman, the drive state of the rat (hunger, thirst, etc.) was an important intervening variable that affected the rat's motivation to run down the runway for the food pellet. Therefore, the best choice would be D. The running speed of the rat (A), the size of the food pellet (B), and the species of the rat (C) are not considered intervening variables in this experiment according to Tolman's ideas.

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