A Psychologist Is Conducting an Experiment to Test the Influence

question 141

Multiple Choice

A psychologist is conducting an experiment to test the influence that coloured backgrounds of pages in textbooks have on the amount of information retained by students. She has a short text printed in three versions, each with a different colour of background. After students in three separate groups read their assigned text, she tests the students' retention. In this study, the retention of what the students read is the

• A) dependent variable.
• B) random variable.
• C) independent variable.
• D) control variable.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Fugue

A rare psychological state in which a person temporarily loses their sense of personal identity and impulsively wanders or travels away from their home, often creating a new identity.

Evolved Module

A brain structure or function that developed over time through natural selection to solve specific problems related to survival and reproduction.

Survival Threats

Situations or conditions that pose significant risk to the continued existence or well-being of an individual or species.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.