In Sperling's study of sensory memory, participants looked at three rows of letters flashed for one-twentieth of a second. In this study, the dependent variable was:
A) sensory memory
B) the row of letters
C) the number of letters remembered
D) the tones indicating which row to recall

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The dependent variable in Sperling's study was the number of letters remembered by the participants. This was the variable that was measured and is the focus of the study's results and conclusions. The other options may have been related to the study, but they were not the variable of interest that was being measured.

In Sperling's Study of Sensory Memory, Participants Looked at Three