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 number of words recalled by each participant would be:

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The number of words recalled by each participant is the variable that is being measured and is therefore the dependent variable. The independent variable is the type of word list presented (object names vs. abstract nouns). A confounding variable would be an uncontrolled variable that could influence the results and a placebo does not apply to this study.

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