Validity

Question 1

Define internal validity

Answer 1

The extent to which the researcher is measuring what they set out to measure

Question 2

Define external validity

Answer 2

Applying the conclusions of a scientific study outside the context of the study

Question 3

Define face validity

Answer 3

The extent to which the test appears to test what it aims to test

Question 4

Define construct validity

Answer 4

The extent to which a test or method measures a scientific psychological treatment

Question 5

Define concurrent validity

Answer 5

The extent to which results from a test correlate with a pre-existing test

Question 6

Define criterion validity

Answer 6

The extent to which results from a test correlate with a pre existing test

Question 7

Define ecological validity

Answer 7

The extent to which the results from a piece of research can be generalised to real life behaviour in terms of the setting and the task

Question 8

Define population validity

Answer 8

The extent to which the results from a piece of research can be generalised to the target population/the sample used is representative of the target population

Question 9

Define mundane realism

Answer 9

How similar the task is to a real life task

Question 10

Define experimental realism

Answer 10

Are participants fully engaged

Question 11

What factors should be considered when looking at population validity?

Answer 11

• Sample bias
• gender
• culture
• sample size
• age
• race
• occupation

Question 12

What factors should be considered when looking at internal validity?

Answer 12

• controls and extraneous variables
• demand characteristics
• researcher bias
• participant variables