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We can talk about two types of validity in psychology. The first is external validity, which means the extent to which the results and findings of the study can be generalized to real life. The second, in...

The aim of Milgram's study was to investigate the effect of an authority figure on behaviour. Milgram had the naive participant meet with the confederate and gave them a rigged draw so that the naive part...

Long term memory is split into two divisions; procedural which is knowing how to do something and declarative which is knowing that. Pr...

It is part of Bowlby's monotropic theory which states that during this first crucial period of 0-2 years, an infant should receive continuous care if strong secure attachments are going to be made. If an ...

Procedural memory refers to memories of motor skills or actions (also known as ‘muscle memory’). These are usually unconscious and difficult to explain. For example, most people will have procedural memor...