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Token economies are a form of behaviour modification based on the principle of operant conditioning. Patients are given tokens for demonstrating good behaviours such as personal hygiene. These tokens act ...

An advantage of conducting lab - based research is increased internal validity. This means that the psychologist can be more sure that they are measuring what they intended to measure. For example, if som...

Tulving (1972) - proposed a distinction between episodic, semantic and procedural memory.
Procedural Memory: Part of the long-term memory is responsible for how to do things i.e. mem...

When evaluating a study in psychology, it is important to keep in mind one of the main assessment objectives - A02. A02 refers to discussing the methodological issues of the study and to think about...

Synaptic transmission occurs at a synapse between a presynaptic neuron and a postsynaptic neuron, allowing them to communicate with each other. Once the electrical impulse, also known as an action potenti...