A cognitive psychologist wants to find out whether background noise makes it harder to remember new information. She manipulates whether or not participants hear background noise, and then measures their performance on a memory test. What is the independent variable?
The type of memory test used
0%
Performance on the memory test
0%
The presence of background noise
100%
Participants' baseline memory ability
0%

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A cognitive psychologist wants to find out whether background noise makes it harder to remember new information. She manipulates whether or not participants hear background noise, and then measures their performance on a memory test. What is the independent variable?

The type of memory test used

0%

Performance on the memory test

0%

The presence of background noise

100%

Participants' baseline memory ability

0%

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The type of memory test used

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Performance on the memory test

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The presence of background noise

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Participants' baseline memory ability

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