What does reaction time measure?
How quickly an individual responds to a stimulus.
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Why should the reaction time practical be repeated with a different person catching the ruler?
To collect more data and confirm any effect.
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What is reaction time?
The time taken to respond to a stimulus.
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What does reaction time reflect?
The efficiency of the nervous and muscular systems.
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What could be changed to affect reaction time?
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Why repeat and take averages?
To improve accuracy by reducing anomalies.
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Why repeat the reaction time experiment with different participants?
To show the effect is not dependent on one person.
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