Your text describes a study (Cahill et al.,1994)in which participants either received a tranquilizer or a placebo and heard either an emotional or a neutral story.The accuracy of participants' story recall was then assessed.Which alternative below correctly names and identifies the variables in this study?
A) independent variables - drug and story type; dependent variable - story recall accuracy
B) experimental variables - tranquilizer and story type; control variable - placebo
C) dependent variables - drug and story type; independent variable - story recall accuracy
D) experimental variables - tranquilizer and emotional story; control variables - placebo and neutral story

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This alternative correctly identifies the independent variables as the drug (tranquilizer or placebo) and story type (emotional or neutral), and the dependent variable as the accuracy of story recall.

Your Text Describes a Study (Cahill Et Al