Your Text Describes a Study in Which Korean, Japanese, and English

question 11

Multiple Choice

Your text describes a study in which Korean, Japanese, and English speakers viewed two pictures. The first picture showed various objects. In the second picture, spatial relationships among the objects were either preserved or changed. The researcher recorded whether or not participants noticed the change. Which of the following alternatives correctly identifies the (i) independent and (ii) dependent variables in this study?

• A) the participant's language; whether the spatial relationships among the objects were preserved or changed
• B) whether participants noticed the change; the participant's language
• C) whether participants noticed the change; whether the spatial relationships among the objects were preserved or changed
• D) whether the spatial relationships among the objects were preserved or changed; whether participants noticed the change

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