Research methods: Everyday psychology

the extent to which a study’s findings unambiguously establish a cause-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variable

Highly controlled lab studies can offer high internal validity

the extent to which a study’s findings generalise to other settings and samples

Real-life daily settings have better external validity but worse internal validity

the extent to which a study’s findings generalise to other settings/environments

The effort required by the participants of a study

collecting data about a sample of daily experiences, participants report their thoughts and feelings at specific times across the day

at the end of the day participants recall their experiences, day recalled as a continuous series of behavioural episodes

reduces respondent burden

objective measures of physiological responses such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc