A researcher carries out a study of memory strategies. She has all participants get three different memory strategies to use to learn lists of 20 words. She discovers that after she gives participants Strategy A to use, they have difficulty using strategies B and C. The problem of Strategy A influencing Strategy B and C performance suggests that one problem with the study is:
A) A carryover effect
B) An order effect
C) Random assignment
D) Random sequencing effect

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Carryover effects occur when the effects of one condition carry over and influence performance in subsequent conditions, as seen with Strategy A affecting the use of Strategies B and C.

A Researcher Carries Out a Study of Memory Strategies