Researchers had college students read statements about the existence of or absence of free will.This served as the ________ variable for their experiment.

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The statement about free will is the manipulated variable in this experiment, therefore it is the independent variable. The dependent variable would be the behavior or response of the college students after reading the statements. Extraneous variables are those that could potentially influence the results but are not intentionally manipulated by the researcher. Observational variables are those that are simply observed and not manipulated.

Researchers Had College Students Read Statements About the Existence of or Absence