MCAT Diaries: Psychology Day 1
Studying for the MCAT can be a terrifying experience if one looms over the reading material and hours of practice, but with efficient reading and studying, the preparation can be less scary. I will be summarizing the material from my Blueprint books to prepare for my test. Join me for the journey! _______________________________________ Much of modern medicine heavily relies on the research of doctors and teams of techs and participants. All of research has led to multiple discoveries in various areas of science, and each of these has independent, or X, and dependent, or Y, variables. · X is a manipulated variable that is expected to change Y in some way. X is the vertical axis on a graph. · As stated, prior, Y is expected to change with the manipulation of the X variable. If the effect of Y increases or decreases from the manipulation of X, then a cause-and-effect relationship can be inferred. O...