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22 sie 2023 · A psychology experiment is a special kind of test or activity researchers use to learn more about how our minds work and why we behave the way we do. It's like a detective game where scientists ask questions and try out different clues to find answers about our feelings, thoughts, and actions.
These findings suggest that the decay of memory for details over time is a specific case of a broader principle that governs our memory system and is based on psychological distance between the individual and the target entity.
24 maj 2024 · Biological psychology involves studying biological influences on behavior, thoughts, and emotions (Kalat, 2015). Biological psychology primarily focuses on the nervous system, hormones, and genetics. These biological influences are intertwined with each other and environmental influences, making the path from biology to behavior highly complex.
A good experimental design helps you ask the right questions ( think critically ), decide what to measure ( come up with an idea ), and figure out how to measure it (test it). It also helps you consider things that might mess up your results, like outside influences you hadn't thought of.
We introduce the fundamental components of visual psychophysics by dissecting three example experiments from scaling and sensitivity estimation: estimating perceived intensity of a light patch, measurement of contrast threshold, and measurement of a contrast sensitivity function.
New York University. A series of 8 experiments investigated the association between pictorial and verbal representations and the psychological distance of the referent objects from the observer.
Cheryl J Wakslak. Yaacov Trope. The current study investigated the effect of distance on medium preferences in interpersonal communication. Five experiments showed that people's preference for...
