Dr. Graham was curious as to whether memory is affected by position during study. Participants were randomly assigned to study a list of 50 words while either laying down on a bed or sitting up at a desk. He then tested both groups to see how many words they could recall. Identify the independent and dependent variables.

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Randall Petty

27 June, 08:41

Dr. Graham was curious as to whether memory is affected by position during study. Participants were randomly assigned to study a list of 50 words while either laying down on a bed or sitting up at a desk. He then tested both groups to see how many words they could recall. Identify the independent and dependent variables.

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Anika Newman · Answer 1

Dependent variable: Memory

Independent variable: Position

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Dr. Graham was curious as to whether memory is affected by position during study.

He wants to check the effect of position (either laying down on a bed or sitting up at a desk) effects the memory (list of 50 words).

Dependent and independent variable:

Dependent variable is affected by the changes in the independent variable. Dependent variable are also known as response variable. Independent variables are the free variables.

For the given study

Dependent variable:

Memory that is determined by the recalling power of list of 50 words.

Independent variable:

Position that is either laying down on a bed or sitting up at a desk