You are interested in examining the effects of emotions (positive, negative, or neutral) on performance on a memory task. The best example of a hypothesis for this research study would be
A. women will report stronger emotions on the task than men.
B. more emotional participants will have greater recall on the memory task than less emotional participants.
C. participants in the positive and negative emotions groups will have greater recall on the task than the neutral group.
D. participants in the neutral emotion group will not have significantly different recall on the task than the positive or negative groups.
Answer: C
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