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Native intellectual abilitySome psychologists argue that intelligence tests measured native intellectual ability, ...
Nature-nurture debateThis is a long running debate which is interested in whether we are like the way we ...
Necker CubeThe Necker Cube is an ambiguous line drawing. It is a wire-frame drawing of a cube in ...
Negative CorrelationA negative correlation means that high values of one variable are associated with low ...
Negative ReinforcementIn operant conditioning this refers to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to encourage ...
NerveA nerve is a bundle of neurons and they spread out to every part of the body with sense ...
Nervous SystemThe nervous system comprises between ten and twelve billion neurons which are the basic ...
NeuronThis is a cell which receives or relays information in the form of electrochemical ...
NeuroscienceThis is the study of the nervous system.  ...
Nicotine Regulation ModelThis is an explanation for continued cigarette smoking arguing that the body becomes ...
nicotine regulation modelThe physiological or medical approach to defining substance use and abuse is to view ...
Nominal DataThis is a level of measurement in which the scores are placed in categories.  The ...
Non Parametric TestsThese are statistical tests which can be used with skewed distributions and with data at ...
Non-participant observationA type of observational study whereby the researcher does not join in with the activity ...
Normal DistributionThis is a bell shaped distribution curve where the mean, median and mode are the same and ...
Null HypothesisThe statement of either no difference between the independent and dependent variable in ...