Evaluation points 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyEvaluation PointsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: maggiejuneCreated on: 17-01-18 16:59 Internal validity How well the study is done in aspect of control to confounding variables 1 of 11 External validity How well the study can be generalised to other situations/people 2 of 11 Supporting evidence If a point has a theory/study that backs it up indefinitely 3 of 11 Conflicting evidence If a point has a theory/study that has the opposite opinion 4 of 11 Lack of realism If a study is too artificial it may lack realism and be less applicable to real life 5 of 11 Real life applications If a study can be applied to real life or not, usually good if it can. 6 of 11 Demand characteristics When a person realises the intention of the study and just 'goes along' with it 7 of 11 Ethical issues If participants are deceived in a study or are put under any kind of stress, the study has ethical issues. 8 of 11 Individual differences Each participant is their own person, even if they are similar, therefore not every one person will react the same to a situation. 9 of 11 Cultural differences If it is carried out on just one group of culturally similar people, the results would differ from a group of people from a range of cultures 10 of 11 Correlation, not causation Can argue with some studies that the conclusion they came to is a correlation to something but not a causation, which makes it less useful. 11 of 11
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