Which of the Following Is a Possible Solution to a Threat

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a possible solution to a threat of internal validity?

• A) make continuation in the study appealing
• B) not using distractor items
• C) change the participants during the study
• D) decrease time between the different conditions

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Definitions:

Temporal

Relating to time or denoting time as opposed to space.

Spatial Summation

A mechanism in neural communication where multiple presynaptic neurons together stimulate a postsynaptic neuron to threshold, causing it to fire an action potential.

Synaptic Terminal

The end part of an axon that makes a synaptic contact with another neuron or with a muscle or gland cell.

Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels

Proteins that form channels in cell membranes, allowing potassium ions to pass in response to changes in membrane potential, crucial for electrical signaling in neurons.