Researchers studying human memory presented people with two lists of words.One list included the names of objects; the other list contained abstract nouns.The researchers found that people could remember more words from the list with object names.In this study, the type of word in the word list (object name or abstract noun) would be:

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The type of word in the word list (object name or abstract noun) is the independent variable because it is manipulated (changed) by the researchers to see how it affects the dependent variable (the number of words people remember).

Researchers Studying Human Memory Presented People with Two Lists of Words.One