A Researcher Carries Out a Study of Memory Strategies

question 81

Multiple Choice

A researcher carries out a study of memory strategies. She has all participants get three different memory strategies to use to learn lists of 20 words. She discovers that after she gives participants Strategy A to use, they have difficulty using strategies B and C. The problem of Strategy A influencing Strategy B and C performance suggests that one problem with the study is:

• A) A carryover effect
• B) An order effect
• C) Random assignment
• D) Random sequencing effect

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