A researcher investigated the self-serving bias in attribution using a repeated measures design.
In one condition, undergraduate students were asked to explain the reasons for their success on a cognitive task they were told they had passed.
In a second condition, the same undergraduate students were asked to explain the reasons for their failure on a cognitive task they were told they had failed.
The researcher recorded the number of dispositional (internal) and situational (external) attributions made by the participants in each condition.
Identify the independent variable in this study.
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