Evaluating Course Content

Question 1

What does “mundane realism” mean?

Answer 1

How ‘realistic’ is the task? Is it an everyday task?

Question 2

What is internal validity?

Answer 2

Internal validity is whether the research is measuring what it intends to measure.

Question 3

What does it mean for there to be a lack of mundane realism?

Answer 3

Having participants perform unusual or unnatural tasks.

Question 4

What is population validity?
Name the 6 issues with population validity.

Answer 4

The extent to which the sample is representative of the population.
- Sample size - Occupation
- Age - Intelligence
- Gender ratio - Ethnicity

Question 5

What is ecological validity?
Name three issues with this.

Answer 5

The extent to which findings can be applied to real world scenarios or situations.
- Mundane realism
- Lab vs natural experiment
- Participant’s awareness of being studied

Question 6

What does the idea of ethics mean?
Name the seven ethical guidelines.

Answer 6

Do the ends justify the means?
- Debrief - Confidentiality - Privacy - Right to withdraw - Informed consent - Deception - Protection from harm

Question 7

What does reliability relate to the idea of?
Name some issues with reliability.

Answer 7

Consistency.
- Standardisation - Replicability - Sample size - Tests of reliability - Inter-rater reliability

Question 8

What do the two titles mean in the debate -
Determinism Vs. Freewill?

Answer 8

Determinism - The view that our thinking and behaviour are influenced by factors which are beyond our control.

Freewill - The idea that everything we do is because of choice and our own conscious efforts.