While Studying the Impact of Ginkgo Biloba on Memory, a Researcher

question 63

Multiple Choice

While studying the impact of ginkgo biloba on memory, a researcher has one group of rats on a normal diet while the other rat group is given measured doses of ginkgo biloba with their meals. While observing the rats run a complicated maze, the researcher notes that the ginkgo biloba-enhanced rats' maze is more brightly lit than the normal diet rats' maze. The difference in lighting in this study is a(n)

• A)confound.
• B)independent variable.
• C)dependent variable.
• D)hypothesis.

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