What are extraneous variables?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Any variables other than the independent variable that seem likely to influence the dependent variable in a study.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which memory system has a relatively unlimited capacity?

a. short-term memory b. long-term memory c. retroactive memory d. proactive memory

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Which two doctors were able to identify important language centers in the brain by studying their patients?

A) Gall and Spurzheim B) Broca and Wernicke C) Mesmer and Freud D) Galton and Wundt

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Higher level cognitive functions, such as attention, emotion, language, and memory, are thought to be associated most closely to activity in:

a. the myelin surrounding axons b. the cell axons themselves, but not the cell bodies c. the gray matter of the brain d. the white matter in the left cerebral hemisphere

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