Evaluation Cheatsheet

Created by: sophie98campbell
Created on: 20-12-16 17:55

Student Samples

Age bias, Lack of generalisation to wider population

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Laboratory Studies

Lack of ecological validity due to artificial settings, demand characteristics possible as participants know they are being observed, lack external validity if the setup cannot be applied to the real world

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Strengths of Lab Studies

Easy to replicate and check reliability, more control over the experiment to measure the effect of the DV and limit extraneous variables from affecting results

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Lack of Internal Validity

Anything hat suggests you are not measuring what you want to measure can be argued to affect the results as they lack internal validity

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Lack of Mundane Realism

Do the tasks lack realism? If they are not indicative of real world situations, lack of mundane realism can be used as a criticism

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Gender Bias

The findings may suffer from gender bias if they cannot be applied across both genders and only men or women are involved

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Cultural Bias

Is the study based on the values of one country? Is it based only in one country without considering others and how they may differ? Then you can argue cultural bias

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Correlational Research

Just because two things are linked, it doesn't mean one is causing the other and there could be a third variable involved - the basis of the correlational research argument

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Case Studies

You can't generalise the findings based on one case study; this may be due to individual differences. Case studies provide lots of information or allow you to study something that may normally be difficult (strengths)

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Longitudinal Studies

Allow you to see how a variable can affect people over time (strength), however outside unknown influences may even factor in (also known as extraneous variables)

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Animal Studies

You can't generalise the findings of animals to humans due to differences in anatomy (weakness) - Animal studies however allow you to draw theories and conduct research which would be unethical to conduct on humans, some concerns for animals too

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Temporal Validity/Child of its Times

Were attitudes different to how they are now when the study was conducted? If so, can you argue the same study may produce different results due to this? If so - the study lacks temporal validity as the findings will not generalise beyond that time

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Laboratory Studies

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Easy to replicate and check reliability, more control over the experiment to measure the effect of the DV and limit extraneous variables from affecting results

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Anything hat suggests you are not measuring what you want to measure can be argued to affect the results as they lack internal validity

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Do the tasks lack realism? If they are not indicative of real world situations, lack of mundane realism can be used as a criticism

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