The diffrences between the people who take part in the study. These may effect the results of an experiement that uses an independent groups design.
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Order effects
This occurs when a participant's performance in the second condition of an experiement is affected because they have already done the first condition. They may do better because of pratice or worse because of tiredness.
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Counterbalancing
A procedure for evening out the order in which participants completeboth conditions of an experiment.
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Control Group
The control group is composed of participants who do not receive the experimental treatment. When conducting an experiment, these people are randomly selected to be in this group
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Control condition
The Control Condition refers to the group of participants who are exposed to the independent variable. These participants receive or are exposed to the treatment variable.
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Order effects
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This occurs when a participant's performance in the second condition of an experiement is affected because they have already done the first condition. They may do better because of pratice or worse because of tiredness.
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