Weaknesses Flashcards
1
Q
artificial setting
A
lab = lack of validity
ppts more aware, demand characteristics
2
Q
lacks population validity
A
only white American males so gender bias
3
Q
lacks ecological validity
A
based on perceptions of lines so can’t be generalised to real-life complexity
4
Q
lacked validity
A
- 1950
- anti-communist period in America where people were scared to be different
