What is ecological validity?
The ability to generalize the findings of the study to everyday life
What is population validity?
The ability to generalize the study to a whole population
What is temporal validity?
The ability to generalize the findings of a study from a time period before the modern day
What are the 5 main ethical issues?
What does BPS stand for?
British Psychological Society
What are demand characteristics?
Participants may act in a certain way in order to please the experimenter, guessing the aims of the experiment and therefore affecting results
What are the 3 different types of external validity?
ecological, population and temporal validity