A Research Participant Is Required to Report as Much of a Poem

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Multiple Choice

A research participant is required to report as much of a poem as he can remember immediately after having read the poem once. The greatest number of recall errors should occur for lines:

• A)at the beginning of the poem.
• B)in the middle of the poem.
• C)at the end of the poem.
• D)at the beginning and end of the poem.

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Definitions:

Confirm

To establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of something.

Predictions

The act of forecasting future events or outcomes based on current or past data.

Confounding Variables

External factors that can affect the outcome of an experiment, making it unclear whether the results are due to the independent variable or some other influence.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, the outcome that is measured; the variable that may change when the independent variable is manipulated.