What Constituted the Dependent Variable in Crum and Langer's Hotel

question 691

Multiple Choice

What constituted the dependent variable in Crum and Langer's hotel experiment?

• A) being informed that housekeeping work was beneficial exercise
• B) responses to questionnaires about exercise and diet and measures of physical health
• C) not being informed that housekeeping was beneficial exercise
• D) the degree of improvement in memory and concentration after taking either ginkgo biloba or a placebo

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Definitions:

Visual Memories

The aspect of memory involved in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of visual information, enabling recall of faces, places, objects, and experiences.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that enables us to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

Recall

The act of retrieving information or memories from one's past mental store without being explicitly cued or prompted.

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