In One Study Described in the Textbook, Participants Who Experienced

question 118

Multiple Choice

In one study described in the textbook, participants who experienced a 15-minute period of waking rest showed better retention of newly learned material than did participants who played a game for 15 minutes (Dewar, et al., 2012) . In this study, the _____ variable is _____.

• A)dependent; participants' activity during the 15-minute interval
• B)dependent; participants' retention of the material
• C)experimental; participants' activity during the 15-minute interval
• D)independent; participants' retention of the material

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