validity Flashcards

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internal validity

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refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor

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external validity

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the extent to which the results of a study can be generalised to other settings (ecological validity), other people (population validity) and over time (temporal validity)

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3
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demand characteristics

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ppts behave in a way which is favourable to the experiment

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ecological validity

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can u apply the findings to different situations

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temporal validity

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results generalised to other time periods

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population validity

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results can be generalised to other people

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how to reduce demand characteristics

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single blind procedures- the ppt doesn’t know which condition the research they are taking part in
deception-giving a false hypothesis to the ppts

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face validity

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concurrent validity

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