: a prediction that there will be a difference or correlation between two variables and a statement of the direction of the difference.
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variables which can affect the behaviour of participants such as age, gender, intelligence level, type of task, personality etc.
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the extent to which the findings of an experiment/study can be applied to every day situations.
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Ecological Validity is the degree to which the behaviors observed and recorded in a study reflect the behaviors that actually occur in natural settings. In addition, ecological validity is associated with "generalization". Essentially this is the ext
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Questions concerning what is wrong and right
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a study in which the experimental method is used in a more naturalistic situation.