AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -By using a consistent environment, experimental design, and randomization, researchers can minimize the effect that potential extraneous variables can have on experiment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extraneous variables can threaten the internal validity of your study by providing alternative explanations for your results. In an experiment, you manipulate an independent variable to study its effects on a dependent variable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Create standard procedures to keep the environment the same for each participant, such as maintaining a specific temperature in the experiment room to ensure it doesn’t distract participants. Counterbalancing: This method relates to participant variables, such as the particular order of events in the study.

Detailed explanation-4: -Controlling extraneous variables is an important aspect of experimental design. When you control an extraneous variable, you turn it into a control variable.