methodical issues

Question 1

Ecological validity

Answer 1

Whether the measure of behaviour resembles real-life.

Question 2

Population validity

Answer 2

Whether the sample used in the research is diverse and representative of the population as a whole.

Question 3

Construct validity

Answer 3

Whether the study is really measuring hat its supposed to be measuring and whether extraneous variables are controlled for.

Question 4

Demand characteristics

Answer 4

Participants changing their behaviour because they know the aims of the study.

Question 5

Inter-Rater reliability

Answer 5

Relevant when there are multiple observers who watch the same participant.

Question 6

Standardised

Answer 6

Are conditions controlled so each participant experiences them the same and the experiment is replicable.

Question 7

Ethnocentrism

Answer 7

The study only applies to one culture.

Question 8

Reliable

Answer 8

Is the research kept standardised, could it be replicated and has it been carried out on multiple participants.