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Participant Selection and Assignment Is Vital to Experimental Design

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Participant selection and assignment is vital to experimental design. Define random selection, and explain how it increases the external validity of the research design. Distinguish between a randomized control trial and a match subjects design; explain how both designs increase a study's internal validity.


Definitions:

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts that allow individuals to quickly select and apply schemas to new or ambiguous situations.

Schema Selection

The process of choosing relevant frameworks or cognitive structures from one's memory in order to interpret and understand new information.

Schemas

Mental structures that an individual uses to organize knowledge and guide cognitive processes and behavior.

Gender Schemas

Cognitive frameworks that organize information related to gender, influencing how individuals perceive and engage in gendered behaviors and roles.

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