Researchers decide to test whether disclosing to one's partner leads to better relationship outcomes. They bring couples into the lab and randomly assign people to either spend 5 minutes sharing positive feelings with their partner or to spend 5 minutes sharing negative feelings with their partner . At the end of the conversation they measure how close each person feels to the other. 8. Which of the following is the independent variable? A. The partners who were assigned to the negative feelings condition . B. The type of feelings couples were told to share ( positive versus negative ). C. The partners who were assigned to the positive feelings condition . D. The type of feelings couples spontaneously shared even if they were not instructed to