In an experiment designed to investigate memory processes, one group of participants was given special instructions and asked to create mental pictures of each item on a list of items to be remembered. Another group of participants was given the same list but received no special instructions about how to remember the items. In this study, the experimental group is:
a. the participants who received the special instructions
b. the participants who received no special instructions
c. the participants who remembered the fewest items
d. all the participants in the study
A
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A) cognitive B) behavioural C) psychodynamic D) the medical model
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