In a Study of the Effects of Marijuana on a Learning

question 7

Multiple Choice

In a study of the effects of marijuana on a learning task, participants are asked to smoke a "cigarette" before learning how to complete a task. Some participants smoke regular cigarettes while others smoke cigarettes injected with THC (the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana) . The errors the participants made while doing the learning task is called the __________ variable.

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

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