In the research presented in the text, people were asked to think about how assertive they were and provide a number of examples. The independent variable of this research was
a. how assertive they rated themselves.
b. how many examples they had to provide.
c. how quickly they provided examples.
d. how many people were in the experiment.
Answer: B
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