What Is the Relationship Between Moderators and External Validity

question 44

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between moderators and external validity?

• A) Moderators suggest that associations may be spurious.
• B) Moderators suggest that associations may not generalize to all subgroups of people.
• C) Moderators are necessary for external validity to be established.
• D) Moderators suggest that an association between two variables will extend to another variable.
• E) Moderators tell us nothing about external validity.

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Definitions:

Synaptic Interval

The gap between neurons across which neurotransmitters travel to transmit signals from one neuron to the next.

Synaptic Vesicles

Small organelles within neurons that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft during neuronal communication.

Postsynaptic Cell

The neuron or cell that receives a signal (neurotransmitter) from another neuron at a synapse during the process of communication between neurons.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across a chemical synapse from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.