validity and reliability

Question 1

internal validity

Answer 1

wether a study or measurement has measured what it intended to measure

Question 2

mundane realism

Answer 2

the extent to which features of a study mirror everyday life

Question 3

experimental realism

Answer 3

the extent to which participants believe in the experimental set up and therefore will behave naturally

Question 4

external validity

Answer 4

the extent to which a study can be generalised beyond the research situation

Question 5

ecological validity

Answer 5

the environment that the study was conducted in and wether we can generalise this to other settings such as everyday life

Question 6

population validity

Answer 6

the people used in the study and wether we can generalise from them to other people

Question 7

internal reliability

Answer 7

the extent to which something is consistent within itself

Question 8

external reliability

Answer 8

the extent to which a measure varies over time

Question 9

validity

Answer 9

refers to the legitimacy of a measurement or study

Question 10

reliability

Answer 10

consistency/repeatability

Question 11

lacks reliability

Answer 11

lacks validity

Question 12

threats to validity

Answer 12

contrived set up
demand characteristics
extraneous variables
social desirability bias

Question 13

threats to reliability

Answer 13

ambiguous questions on a questionaire or interview

confusing beh. categories in observations