Week 16: Child Development

Question 1

Face validity

Answer 1

This is the extent to which the measure being used makes sense. Describes the general assessment of whether the measure used seems sensible and appropriate.
“Comman-sense check”

Question 2

Construct validity

Answer 2

Assessment of whether the task really does measure what it is claiming to measure.

Question 3

Ecological validity

Answer 3

The extent to which the measure used and the study conditions reflect what happens in real life.
“Real world situations”/ “whole context”

Question 4

Reliability

Answer 4

How consistently it will lead to the same results under similar circumstances.
“Would the participants give the same answer again?”