Researchers Want to Examine Whether Writing About the Experience of Breast

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Researchers want to examine whether writing about the experience of breast cancer increases feelings of hope and optimism.Breast-cancer patients were randomly assigned to one of two essay conditions: writing about their breast cancer or writing about their everyday tasks.The independent variable in this experiment would be:

A) hope and optimism
B) breast cancer diagnosis
C) writing about everyday tasks
D) the essay conditions