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WHAT IS MEANT BY CAPACITY?
THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS HELD IN YOUR MEMORY
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WHAT IS MEANT BY DURATION?
HOW LONG INFORMATION STAYS IN YOUR MEMORY
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EXPLAIN ONE ADVANTAGE OF USING A LAB EXPERIMENT
EASIER TO CONTROL EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES (VARIABLES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR) BY CONTROLLING THE EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HIGHER INTERNAL VALIDITY.
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WHAT IS A REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN?
THE SAME PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART IN EACH CONDITION OF THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE. CON- MAY BE ORDER EFFECTS, EFFECTS ON THE P'S BEHAVIOUR, PERFORMANCE IN SECOND CONDITION MAY BE BETTER BECAUSE P'S KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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WHAT IS RANDOM SAMPLING?
CHOOSING SUBJECTS FROM A POPULATION THROUGH UNPREDICTABLE MEANS. RESULTS ARE UNBIASED, MUCH FASTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE AS A RESULT MORE EFFICIENT TO OBTAIN RESULTS
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ONE LIMITATION OF CORRELATIONAL RESERACH?
WE CANNOT MAKE CASUAL CONCLUSIONS FROM CORRELATIONAL FINDINGS BECAUSE WE CANNOT RULE OUT ALL ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR CORRELATIONAL FINDINGS.
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