An experimenter wants to determine whether students who are trained to use memory aids make better scores on a memory test than students who are not trained to use memory aids. The experimenter provides two hours of training to one group of subjects. This group that received the training is the _______ group.

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The group that receives the training in an experiment is referred to as the experimental group because they are exposed to the treatment or condition being tested, in this case, training to use memory aids.

An Experimenter Wants to Determine Whether Students Who Are Trained