A Research Team Was Investigating the Impact of Stereotypes on Performance

Multiple Choice

A research team was investigating the impact of stereotypes on performance. In one group, women read a magazine article about why the structure of men's brains makes them better at math. In the second group, women read a magazine article saying there are no biological differences in the mathematical abilities of men and women. All women in the study then took a challenging math test. Researchers scored the number of items women answered correctly. In this study, which of the following was the dependent variable?

A) How difficult women found the test
B) Women's beliefs about their math abilities
C) Which article the women read
D) Women's scores on the math test