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A mole is simply a number, an amount of something. Like when people refer to a dozen of eggs they mean 12 eggs, when someone says a mole of atoms they mean 6.022 x 10²³ atoms. A m...

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...

Economies of scale and scope

The concept of economies of scale were introduced by Adam Smith as a part of his famous works on division of labour. The main idea behind i...