A researcher wants to assess the effects of varying amounts of alcohol on ratings of perception of friendliness. Three groups of people are given either one, two, or three beers to drink. Three more groups of people are given either one, two, or three non-alcoholic beers to drink. Then, all participants are shown a series of pictures of people's faces and are asked to rank the perceived

friendliness of each face on a scale from 1 to 10. In this experiment, the independent variable is:

A) the number of groups.
B) the amount of alcohol consumed.
C) the pictures of faces.
D) ratings of perceived friendliness.


B) the amount of alcohol consumed.

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