When Participants Are Selected Because They Have or Have Not

question 14

Multiple Choice

When participants are selected because they have or have not experienced something unique in the real world (e.g., they have lived in a homeless shelter/not lived in a shelter) , researchers call this type of independent variable a(n) ______.

• A) selected treatment
• B) experience treatment
• C) subject treatment
• D) natural treatment

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Definitions:

Impatience

A feeling of frustration or eagerness often resulting from having to wait or from slow progress.

Alzheimer's Disease

A progressive neurological disorder that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, and eventually loss of ability to carry out the simplest tasks.

Forgetfulness

A minor memory problem that includes the inability to remember information or events which are usually easily recalled, often considered a normal part of aging.

Recent Memories

Memories of events or information that occurred in the near past, typically retained for a period of days to weeks.