In One Study Described in the Text, a Sample of College

question 227

Multiple Choice

In one study described in the text, a sample of college students studied English-Swahili word pairs. Half the students took a practice test before studying the pairs a second time. The remaining students simply restudied the words. Lastly, all students' memory for the word pairs was assessed a week later on a final exam. In this study, the practice test group is the _____ group. Students' final exam memory score is the _____ variable.

• A)control; dependent
• B)control; independent
• C)experimental; dependent
• D)experimental; independent

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