Validity

Question 1

What is face validity?

Answer 1

The research looks like it intends to measure what it’s supposed to at face value.

Question 2

What is concurrent validity?

Answer 2

A test measuring the same behaviour gets the same results.

Question 3

What increases the validity of an experiment?

Answer 3

Mundane realism is decreased by ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY. Making it more realistic.
Control extraneous variables

Question 4

What increases the reliability of an experiment?

Answer 4

• Standardised procedure

* Extraneous variables are controlled

Question 5

What decreases the reliability of a questionnaire?

Answer 5

• social desirability bias

* central tendency bias

Question 6

What increases the validity of an observation?

Answer 6

• covert - participants have genuine behaviour
• extraneous variables controlled
• train observers so behaviour is interpreted the same