In an Experiment,researchers Exposed Half of the Participants to Loud

question 212

Multiple Choice

In an experiment,researchers exposed half of the participants to loud noise during a memory-encoding task.The room was quiet for the other half of the participants.Later,all participants were given a memory test and the number of correct items recalled was obtained for each participant.The participants who encoded information in the quiet room constitute the:

• A)independent variable.
• B)dependent variable.
• C)experimental group.
• D)control group.

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