Blackwell and colleagues conducted an experiment on seventh graders in a New York City school to assess whether teaching students that intelligence was a malleable rather than a fixed trait could improve students' classroom motivation and mathematical performance.This experiment is an example of a
A)laboratory experiment.
B)field experiment.
C)population-based survey experiment.
D)natural experiment.

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The experiment was conducted in a school setting, which qualifies it as a field experiment. A laboratory experiment would have taken place in a controlled environment such as a laboratory, whereas a population-based survey experiment would involve collecting data from a larger group or population. A natural experiment would involve observing changes in a group or population that occur naturally without manipulation of variables.

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