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Elimination: Removal of the extraneous variable (e.g. noise)

Constancy: Keeping the extraneous variable constant between two or more conditions (e.g. equal levels of noise)

Counter-bal...

Characteristics:

-       Lack of long-term/future planning. Makes poor decisions and is often impulsive

-       Getting aggres...

Generalisability & participant sample: Can the results be generalised and applied to larger settings or populations? Is the participant sample small (less than 20 participants) or large (better ge...

Psychology is the study of the mind, whereby scientists attempt to pinpoint the root cause or aetiology for underlying mechanism that prompt human or non-human behaviour.

It is essential to ke...

A famous piece of research is the Stanford prison experiment by Zimbardo. He investigated how readily people wold conform to roles of prisoners and guards. He recruited US college students and randoml...