Flashcards in Validity - internal validity Deck (12):
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What is the concept of validity?
It concerns the question whether any observed effect is a genuine one
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What are the key questions concerning internal validity?
Did the Iv produce the change in the dependent variable or not?
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What are participant effects?
When participants behaviour is affected by the attention of a researcher
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What are demand characteristics?
A queue that makes participants unconsciously aware of the aims of this study will help participants work out what the researcher wants to find
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What other three ways to deal with participant effects?
Use a single-blind design, a double-blind design or experimental realism
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What is researcher bias?
The effects of the researchers expectations on a participant's behaviour
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What is the difference between an investigator and an experimenter
The person who designed the experiment is not the same as the minion who actually deals with the participants
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The investigator can have indirect effects - Give an example of this involving loose procedures
If an investigator does not clearly specify the standardised instructions
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Can the relationship between the investigator and the experimenter create an effect?
Yes
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What is the fudging effect?
The investigator may invent extra data so that the findings please the experimenter or vice versa
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What is the experimenter personal attributes effects
If an experimenter liked one group (e.g blonde women )more than another it may cause them to treat participants differently
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