From a Time

question 44

Essay

From a Time.com article entitled "Why Men Shouldn't Listen to Rock Music While Playing Board Games," published on December 13, 2016.
Researchers Fancourt, Burton, and Williamon wanted to find out whether different types of music would impact participants' performance on a mock-surgery game, "Operation." Many real-life surgeons listen to music while operating, so the authors were interested in whether this may actually help performance, and whether that differed by sex of the participant.
The psychologists asked male and female participants to play the mock-surgery game, "Operation," in which they needed to remove three different organs from a "patient" using tweezers. The experimenters played either rock music, classical music, or operating-room sounds. They found that the type of music made a difference on the performance of male participants, who were slower to complete the task (in seconds) while listening to rock music compared with classical music. The performance of female participants did not differ based on the type of music they listened to.
What type of claim is the author making in this study? Explain why you think this is the claim being made.

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Definitions:

Leftward Shift

This denotes a movement to the left on a graph, often used in economics to indicate a decrease in supply or demand, leading to changes in price and quantity in the marketplace.

Consumer's Budget Line

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Money Income

The total amount of monetary earnings from wages, investments, rentals, and other sources before any deductions like taxes or other expenses.

Prices

The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something, reflecting the value of goods or services in monetary terms.