In One Study Described in the Textbook, Participants Who Experienced

Multiple Choice

In one study described in the textbook, participants who experienced a 15-minute period of waking rest showed better retention of newly learned material than did participants who played a game for 15 minutes (Dewar, et al., 2012) . In this study, the _____ variable is _____.

A) dependent; participants' activity during the 15-minute interval
B) dependent; participants' retention of the material
C) experimental; participants' activity during the 15-minute interval
D) independent; participants' retention of the material