Two groups of participants were asked to learn a series of word pairs and were then given a memory test.Both groups were told to remember the second word in each pair and use the first only as an aid to remember the targets.For Group A,the first word was semantically associated with the target word (e.g. ,dark-light).For Group B,the first word rhymed with the target word (e.g. ,sight-light).Then,each group was given hints during the memory test.Some of these hints were related to meaning (e.g. ,"Was there a word associated with 'dark'?");some were related to sound (e.g. ,"Was there a word associated with 'sight'?").Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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According to the passage, participants in Group B performed better when given a sound hint than when given a meaning hint, but there is no evidence in the passage to suggest that they performed better when given a meaning hint than when given a sound hint. Therefore, statement D is false. Statements A, B, and C are all supported by the information in the passage.

Two Groups of Participants Were Asked to Learn a Series