Jackie is going to study spatial performance on a paper/pencil task under time pressures. One group will be constantly reminded of the time remaining to complete the task while the second group will just be asked to complete the task. The participants receiving the information about the time remaining are in the _________ group and those receiving no time reminders are in the __________ group.
A) independent; dependent
B) dependent; independent
C) control; experimental
D) experimental; control

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The study is an experiment with two treatment groups, so one group is the experimental group (those receiving time reminders) and the other group is the control group (those receiving no time reminders). Therefore, the best choice is D. Choice A refers to the relationship between two variables, not treatment groups. Choice B refers to dependent and independent variables, not treatment groups. Choice C refers to experimental and control groups, but the labels for which is which are switched.

Jackie Is Going to Study Spatial Performance on a Paper/pencil