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A developmental psychologist is studying memory development in children. He is interested in determining the exact age at which children began to recall long-term episodic memories. He compares the frequency and accuracy of long-term memories between groups of children aged 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5 years old
Identify the following:
Independent variable.
Levels of independent variable.
Dependent variable.

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you have asked for the Independent and Dependent variables as well as the levels of Independent variables for the above study.

An Independent Variable is a variable that is manipulated by an experimenter. In the above study, the variable that is being manipulated is the different age groups of ...

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