Threats To Validity And Dealing With Them

Question 1

What are demand characteristics?

Answer 1

Pts want to be helpful-change their behaviour to what they think the researcher wants to find out

Question 2

What is researcher bias?

Answer 2

Anything that investigator does that has an effect on ppts performance in a study.

Question 3

How can we deal with these problems?

Answer 3

*Single blind design
*Double blind design
*Experimental realism

Question 4

What is single blind design?

Answer 4

Ppt is not aware of research aims or conditions =prevents demand characteristics

Question 5

What is a double blind design?

Answer 5

Ppt and conductor of research unaware of aims or hypothesis =prevents researcher bias and demand characteristics

Question 6

What is experimental realism?

Answer 6

Ppt pays more attention to the task rather then being observed=prevents demand characteristics

Question 7

What helps prevent demand characteristics?

Answer 7

All 3=
*Single blind design
*Double blind design
*Experimental realism

Question 8

What helps to prevent researcher bias?

Answer 8

Double blind design