In an experiment, researchers exposed half of the participants to loud noise during a memory-encoding task. The room was quiet for the other half of the participants. Later, all participants were given a memory test and the number of correct items recalled was obtained for each participant. The participants who encoded information in the quiet room constitute the:
A) independent variable.
B) dependent variable.
C) experimental group.
D) control group.
D) control group.
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