validity

Question 1

internal validity

Answer 1

validity= the accuracy of the findings and how they were gathered
whether we are actually measuring what we think we are
to achieve internal validity extraneous variables need to be controlled

Question 2

external validity

Answer 2

relates to the extent the findings of a study can be generalised beyond the research setting
can be either ecological or population

Question 3

population validity

Answer 3

samples need to be large unbiased and representative participants so that it can be generalised

Question 4

temporal validity

Answer 4

can be argued that findings are not relevant to present day if conducted a long time ago due to economical and societal changes such as women rights

Question 5

controlling extraneous variables

Answer 5

using random allocation of participants to avoid any researcher bias

Question 6

standardisation of instructions and procedure

Answer 6

pp should be given the exact same instructions
differences in these exist as extraneous variables

Question 7

participant variables

Answer 7

age intelligence personality etc should be controlled
should be pretested and put into matched pairs design

Question 8

order effects

Answer 8

participants may improve or get bored during conditions so would impact their performance acting as an e variable
this can be controlled using independent groups or matched pairs or counter balancing