A Researcher Is Interested in the Effects of a Vegetarian

question 21

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in the effects of a vegetarian diet on memory. One group eats a strict vegetarian diet for three months, a second group eats a strict vegan diet for three months, while a third group eats anything they want for three months. After three months, all participants are given a memory test. Results indicated that memory was is better for both the vegetarian and vegan groups. In this study, the independent variable is

• A)the three month time frame
• B)scores on the memory test
• C)the type of diet
• D)the vegetarian diet but not the vegan diet
• E)impossible to tell in this situation

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Definitions:

Group Attractiveness

The extent to which a group is considered desirable to join by potential and current members, often due to its prestige, goals, or relationships.

Cohesiveness

The degree to which members of a group or team are united in pursuing common goals and how well they work together.

Unpleasant Shared Experience

A negative or distressing event that is experienced collectively by a group, linking the members through their common ordeal.

Clasts

Fragments or grains of mineral or rock, detached from a parent source, and usually compacted or cemented into a sedimentary rock.