EXAM Secure I https//u 229664/quizzes/1624380/take Dr. Kang, a cognitive psychol

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EXAM Secure I https//u 229664/quizzes/1624380/take Dr. Kang, a cognitive psychologist, conducts an experiment examining the effect of emotion on memory. He provides lists of 15 words to groups of participants at his university. He puts the names of all the participants in a hat. The first 20 names he assigns to Group A, and the last 20 he assigns to Group B. Group A is given a list of words that are very emotional in content (e.g.. passion, murder). Group B is given a list of words that are neutral in content (e.g., houseplant, desk). He then measures how many words each group is able to remember after being distracted for 5 minutes by watching a video about the history of the university. He finds that Group A remembers 15% more words than Group B Which of the following is the independent variable in Dr. Kang's study? two The emotional or neutral word list. The length of the distractor task o The number of words remembered The number of words on the list

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The above experiment is carried out to see the effect of emotion (independent variable) on memory (dependent memory). In the cause and effect relationship, an experimenter manipulates the independent variable to observe its effect on the dependent variable. The experimenter is trying to understand how emotion affects an individual's memory. Thus, he prepares two lists, emotional words, neutral words, the independent variable is introduced to each group respectively to observe its effects on their memory (dependent variable).

Thus, the correct answer is, A.

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