A Research Team Tested the Hypothesis That Being Under Stress

Essay

A research team tested the hypothesis that being under stress would reduce one's friendliness to strangers. In the high-stress condition, participants gave a speech on a difficult topic in front of a group of strangers. In the low-stress condition, participants simply introduced themselves to a group of strangers. The researchers then monitored how often participants made friendly comments to the other people in the room. In this study, _______ was the independent variable.