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Psychology paper 2: Research Methods confounding variables - correct answersUncontrolled variables that are actually influencing the DV and contaminating the results demand characteristics - correct answersparticipants guess the aim of the study and form an idea of its purpose and try to respond to the researcher in a way that pleases them (behaviour they want to see) or in a way that displeases them (behaviour they don't want to see) Dependent Variable - correct answersThe variabl...

Acetycholine - Correct Answer neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's Analysis of Variance/ANOVA - Correct Answer inferential statistical procedure used to compare 2 or more means to see if the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for statistical significance) Aphasia - Correct Answer impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or written discourse as a result of brain damage. Ex. Wernic...

GRE psychology practice Test Questions Exam With Complete Solutions 2024

GRE Psychology Subject Test Exam Questions And Answers 2024

GRE Psychology Subject Test Exam With Complete Solutions 2024

These are 50 interview questions you can ask any psychologist about the work they do.

500+ PRACTICE GRE VOCABULARY WORDS abase CORRECT ANSWER (v.) to humiliate, cause to feel shame; (v.) to hurt the pride of abash CORRECT ANSWER (v.) to embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed abate CORRECT ANSWER (v.) to make less active or intense; (v.) to become less in intensity abdicate CORRECT ANSWER (v.) to give up power aberration CORRECT ANSWER (n.) an aberrant state or condition; (n.) a disorder in a person's mental state; an optical phenomenon which results from the failure ...

Central Nervous System Correct Answer - composed of the brain and spinal cord Peripheral Nervous System Correct Answer - the pathway that runs to and from the CNS - afferent fibers run toward the CNS; efferent fibers run away from the CNS - composed of: 1) Somatic Nervous System - controls voluntary movements of the striated muscles 2) Autonomic Nervous System - involuntary movements of the smooth muscles, 2 parts: a) Sympathetic nervous system - arousal b) Parasympathetic nervous syste...