What Is an Extraneous Variable?
An extraneous variable is anything in a psychology experiment other than the independent and dependent variables. The variables can present challenges …
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What Is the Ingroup Bias?
The ingroup bias is the tendency that people have to favor their own group above that of others. This bias …
What Is a Sensory Receptor?
Definition: A sensory receptor is a type of specialized cell that responds to a specific type of sensory stimulation. Each …
What Is the Organismic Valuing Process?
In Carl Rogers’s theory of personality, the organismic valuing process refers to evaluating subjective experiences in order to determine the …
What Is Weber’s Law?
The just noticeable difference, also known as the difference threshold, is the smallest possible difference between two stimuli that can …