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What is concurrent validity?

In order to better understand concurrent validity, we should approach construct validity first: Construct validity refers to a test's ability to measure what it claims to measure. For example, does a test...

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Why is identification seen as a stronger form of conformity than compliance but weaker than internalisation?

Identification involves both private and public acceptance of behaviour whereas compliance only involves the superficial change of just public, so is seen as weaker that identification. However indentific...

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Answered by Hannah W. Psychology tutor
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Describe the process of synaptic transmission.

An action potential travels down the axon of the presynsaptic neurone. It stimulates the vesicles to bind to the pre synaptic membrane and release their neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. They dif...

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Outline two limitations of Zimbardo's study into conformity to social roles. [4 marks]

  1. This study suffers from a lack of ethical consideration - Zimbardo's participants failed to leave the study in the same way they entered. Furthermore, they were exposed to intense mental harm, s...

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Answered by Emile K. Psychology tutor
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What exactly is determinism?

Determinism is the opposite to having free will over your behaviour, so you have no free will/ no control over your behaviour, and your behaviour is therefore caused by other external fac...

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