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Unit 6 Experiments
Political Psychology Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Internal Validity | did the experiment treatment make a difference in their specific experiment -did everything right in experimental design and only indpendent variable is possible explanation of dependent variable (effect) |
| External Validity | your study is generalizable to the general public or overall population |
| Internal Good experimental design | Minimum of two groups Randomized group assignment (MUST) Experimenter control the administration of treatment Researcher creates a dependent variable Researcher controls environment which experiment is conducted |
| Threats to internal validity | History Intersession of History Maturation Performance effect Regression towards the mean Death/unable to locate Unrealible measures |
| External experimental design | random sample replication subject is realistic real world senarios |
| Threats to external validity | Unrepresentative sub pop Hawthorne effect:ppl change when observed Professional subjects Irrelevant measures |