Dr. Lonsbary is a cognitive psychologist who is curious about how mood affects memory. She recruited 60 high school students and divided them into three groups. Group A listened to a 5-minute piece of music intended to make them feel happy (“Happy” by Pharrell). Group B listened to a 5-minute piece of music intended

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Dr. Lonsbary is a cognitive psychologist who is curious about how mood affects memory. She recruited 60 high school students and divided them into three groups. Group A listened to a 5-minute piece of music intended to make them feel happy (“Happy” by Pharrell). Group B listened to a 5-minute piece of music intended to make them feel sad (a song titled “Home Is Such a Lonely Place” by Blink-182). Group C listened to no music and instead was asked to sit quietly for 5 minutes (thought to make them feel neutral). When a participant would come to her laboratory, Dr. Lonsbary would greet the participant and then ask him or her to roll a six-sided die.

Participants who rolled a 1 or 2 were assigned to Group A. Participants who rolled a 3 or 4 were assigned to Group B. Participants who rolled a 5 or 6 were assigned to Group C. The participants were then given an unlabeled CD to listen to based on their group assignment. The CD contained either the song selection or 5 minutes of silence. They were then escorted into a different room, where they were greeted by a research assistant who conducted the experiment. The research assistant sat the participants in front of a computer screen and told them that a list of 25 words would be displayed on the screen. They were instructed to listen to the CD with headphones while trying to memorize the list of words. All participants were given the same list of 25 common words to remember (e.g., desk, gray, plane, car, mask).

When 5 minutes had passed, the screen displayed a question asking them whether they felt happy, sad, or neutral. After the participant responded, a new screen was displayed asking them to type in all the words they could remember from the list of 25 words. All participants were given 3 minutes to type the words they remembered. Afterward, the participant was thanked and dismissed.

In response to the mood question, a majority of Group A participants said they were happy, a majority of Group B participants said they were sad, and a majority of Group C participants said they were neutral in their mood. Dr. Lonsbary found the following results in response to the number of words remembered.

 

Which of the following allows Dr. Lonsbary to conclude that she met the covariance rule for causality?

a.  Noting that there is a difference between the number of words recalled by the happy and neutral people

b.  Having people listen to music or silence before they wrote down the list of words they remembered

c.  Making sure that all participants were asked to remember the same list of words

d.  Putting the 60 participants into equal groups

 

Answer is (a), but I thought it is (d).

Please explain why A is the answer(please type, no hand writing)

### Memory Recall and Emotional States

This table presents data on the number of words remembered by three groups under different emotional states: Happy (Group A), Sad (Group B), and Neutral (Group C). 

- **Number of Words Remembered:**
  - Group A (Happy): 16 words
  - Group B (Sad): 14 words
  - Group C (Neutral): 9 words

### Statistical Analysis of Group Comparisons

- **Groups A and B vs. Group C:**
  - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .36\))

- **Group A vs. Group C:**
  - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .30\))

- **Group B vs. Group C:**
  - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .41\))

- **Group A vs. Group B:**
  - No statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .09\))

### Interpretation

The data indicate that both happy and sad emotional states are associated with better word recall compared to a neutral state. However, there is no significant difference in recall between happy and sad states. The effect sizes provide measures of these differences' strength in each comparison.
Transcribed Image Text:### Memory Recall and Emotional States This table presents data on the number of words remembered by three groups under different emotional states: Happy (Group A), Sad (Group B), and Neutral (Group C). - **Number of Words Remembered:** - Group A (Happy): 16 words - Group B (Sad): 14 words - Group C (Neutral): 9 words ### Statistical Analysis of Group Comparisons - **Groups A and B vs. Group C:** - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .36\)) - **Group A vs. Group C:** - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .30\)) - **Group B vs. Group C:** - Statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .41\)) - **Group A vs. Group B:** - No statistically significant difference (effect size \(d = .09\)) ### Interpretation The data indicate that both happy and sad emotional states are associated with better word recall compared to a neutral state. However, there is no significant difference in recall between happy and sad states. The effect sizes provide measures of these differences' strength in each comparison.
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