A Psychologist Wants to Know If Classical Music Enhances Memory

question 61

Multiple Choice

A psychologist wants to know if classical music enhances memory. Subjects are assigned to two groups and instructed to study a list of 20 words. One group listens to a Bach sonata and the other group hears popular music. In this simple experiment the independent variable is:

• A) the word list.
• B) subsequent recall on a memory test.
• C) music type.
• D) the amount of time each group studied.

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