validity

Question 1

validity

Answer 1

Whether an observed effect is genuine (internal – measures what the researcher intended, external – generalised beyond research setting).

Question 2

ecological validity

Answer 2

Generalising findings from a research study to other settings (especially ‘everyday life’).

Question 3

temporal validity

Answer 3

Generalising findings/concepts to other eras/timeframes (e.g. Asch, Freud).

Question 4

two ways assessing validity

Answer 4

face validity, concurrent validity

Question 5

face validity

Answer 5

Does the test/procedure appear to measure what the researcher intends?

Question 6

concurrent validity

Answer 6

Similar results are achieved by a new test and a well-established one measuring the same thing.

Question 7

improving validity

Answer 7

experiments
Use a control group, single-/double-blind procedures and standardised procedures.

Use a control group, single-/double-blind procedures and standardised procedures