The dependent variable in Neisser's (1964) study on distinctive features was
A) the similarity of the target letter to the letters with which it was grouped.
B) how many distinctive letters the subjects could recognize.
C) how many letters the subjects could recognize in a short time interval.
D) how fast subjects could locate particular letters in a string of letters.
E) how many of the letters in each list were similar to the target letter.

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Neisser's study focused on measuring the speed at which subjects could locate particular letters in a string of letters, making the response time the dependent variable.

The Dependent Variable in Neisser's (1964) Study on Distinctive Features