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Design and describe an experiment to measure the relationship between rehearsal/repetition of a list of words and later recall of that same list of words. In your answer you should formulate a hypothesis and include a description of each of the following:

• Population
• Subject selection
• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Experimental group
• Control group
• Potential confounding variable
• A method of reducing experimenter bias

Question 2

Describe the therapeutic procedure called systematic desensitization. Select a specific disorder for which this therapy is effective and explain how the basic phenomena listed below play a role in successful treatment.
• Anxiety hierarchy
• Relaxation
• Generalization
• Extinction