VALIDITY

Question 1

Define validity

Answer 1

• The extent to which a test or task measures what it claims it measures.

Question 2

Internal validity

Answer 2

Measures whether the results are due to the manipulation of the iv and not confounding variables.

Question 3

External validity

Answer 3

Whether the results can be generalised beyond the research setting.

Question 4

Define ecological validity

Answer 4

• Whether results can be generalised to real life settings

Question 5

Population validity

Answer 5

• Whether results can be generalised to a wider population

Question 6

Temporal validity

Answer 6

• The validity of the findings in relation to the progression of time.

Question 7

Predictive validity

Answer 7

• The extent to which a test can accuratlety predict future outcomes (behaviours)

Question 8

Concurrent validity

Answer 8

• The comparisons between 2 tests of a paticular behaviour.
• With 1 test already established as a valid measure of behaviour and other as a new test.
• If the results of both tests correlate then the new test is valid.

Question 9

Face validity

Answer 9

• Whether a test superfically appears to be a relevant measure, measuring what it claims to measure.

Question 10

Mundane realism

Answer 10

• The extent to which experimental procedures and tasks are similar to events that occur in the real world.