In a study described in your text some participants were asked to learn hierarchically organized words.Other participants were asked to learn the same words arranged randomly.All participants were later required to recall the words.In this study,the group learning the organized words was the _____ group.

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The group learning the hierarchically organized words is the experimental group, as they were being tested to see if the organization of the words would improve their recall. The other group, learning the words randomly, would be the control group, as they were being used to compare the results of the experimental group. The terms independent and dependent do not apply in this context.

In a Study Described in Your Text Some Participants Were