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Tom is more likely to listen to the police officer. This is due to the police officer being a legitimate authority figure in comparison to the local adult. Research by Milgram suggests that obedience is d...

Behaviourism is widely termed as the study of behaviour and aspects of behaviour, such as emotions, as observable and quantifiable sources. This view states that behaviour is a learned skill and everythin...

Both classical and operant conditioning result in the learning of a behaviour and are a key concept in behavioural Psychology. Classical conditioning involves a neutral stimulus (such as the sound of a be...

A random sample is a small subset of participants drawn from a larger population where each individual has an equal chance of being chosen. This method is representative so results can be generalised to t...

In an experiment, the IV is a variable that is changed to see how it affects something else, whereas the DV is a variable that is being measured/observed. The DV is assumed to be affected by the IV, hence...