What Was a "Vassal

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was a "vassal"?

• A)A type of military unit
• B)The obligation to serve in the military
• C)Subordinate nobles, be they civil or religious
• D)A type of castle
• E)A Carolingian legal official

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Definitions:

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.

Internal Validity

The degree to which an experiment accurately shows that changes in the independent variable caused any observed changes in the dependent variable, minimizing confounding factors.

Demand Characteristics

Psychological experiment artifacts where participants form an interpretation of the study's purpose and unconsciously change their behavior to fit that interpretation.

Experimental Conditions

The controlled environments or set of procedures in scientific research designed to test hypotheses under standardized settings.