A Drug Company Wanted to Test a New Arthritis Medication

question 104

Multiple Choice

A drug company wanted to test a new arthritis medication. The researchers found 700 adults aged 25-35 andrandomly assigned them to two groups. The first group received the new drug, while the second received aplacebo. After one month of treatment, the percentage of each group whose arthritis symptoms decreased wasrecorded and compared. What is the response variable in this experiment?

• A) the percentage who had decreased arthritis symptoms
• B) the type of drug (medication or placebo)
• C) the 700 adults aged 25-35
• D) the one month treatment time

Comprehend the encoding specificity principle and its implications for memory retrieval.

Identify the effects of memory priming on cognition and behavior.

Understand the underlying mechanisms of memory failure, including amnesia and encoding failure.

Understand the causes and processes of memory failure.

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