Validity (AQA A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Validity
Validity
Whether research measures what it claims & findings generalise
Face validity
Face validity
Whether measure appears to assess what it claims at surface level
Concurrent validity
Concurrent validity
How closely new measure correlates with established measures
Concurrent validity threshold
Concurrent validity threshold
Exceeds +0.80
Ecological validity
Ecological validity
Whether findings generalise from study setting to real world
Mundane realism
Mundane realism
Whether task resembles activities encountered in daily life
Temporal validity
Temporal validity
Whether findings remain applicable across different time periods
Internal validity
Internal validity
Whether effects are due to IV manipulation rather than confounds
Demand characteristics
Demand characteristics
Participants acting in ways they believe are expected
Triangulation
Triangulation
Using multiple sources of evidence to verify findings