AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ refers to the extent to which findings can be generalized from the experiment to other settings or situations.
A
Internal validity
B
Ecological validity
C
Population validity
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -External validity is the extent to which you can generalize the findings of a study to other situations, people, settings, and measures.

Detailed explanation-2: -External validity is the validity of applying the conclusions of a scientific study outside the context of that study. In other words, it is the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to and across other situations, people, stimuli, and times.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ecological validity examines whether the results of a study can be generalized to real-life settings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Generalisability is the extent to which the findings of a study can be applicable to other settings. It is also known as external validity. Generalisability requires internal validity as well as a judgement on whether the findings of a study are applicable to a particular group.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two main methods of establishing ecological validity are veridicality and verisimilitude. Veridicality is the degree to which test scores correlate with measures of real-world functioning, and verisimilitude is the degree to which tasks performed during testing resemble those performed in daily life.

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