3.2 Key piece of research revision

Warm up: How many credits is the 3.2 standard worth?

Warm up: When is the 3.2 assessment due?

• End of the holidays

• End of Week 8 Term 1

• End of Term 1

• Whenever I negotiate it to be

In 3.2, impact on society could be...

• the psychological society

• a specific community (cultural group, education or health systems, etc)

• the researchers involved

• wider society aka the whole world

In 3.2, which of the following is NOT a focus for significance?

• Findings

• Issues

• Methodology

• Hypothesis

What is external validity?

• the internal validity of a study

• the extent to which you can trust the findings of a study

• the reliability of the sample & method used in a study

• the extent to which you can generalise the findings of a study to other situations, people & settings

Ecological validity refers to

• whether the findings can be generalised to real-life settings

• whether something can be used in the same environment

• the reliability of the sample

• if the environment was appropriate for the research

Population validity refers to 

• the size of the sample in the research

• whether you can generalise the findings from your sample to a larger group of people

• whether you can generalise findings to the real-world

• whether the sample was reliable

What is internal validity?

• the extent to which a piece of evidence supports a claim about cause and effect

• the extent to which you can trust the researchers in a study

• the reliability of a study's findings

• the extent to which a study measures what it claims to measure

Which of the following are issues in psychology?

• Validity of findings

• Use of animals & children

• Cultural bias

• Gender bias

Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline for research?

• Must gain informed consent

• Must prevent psychological & physical harm

• Must reward participants for their contribution

• Must allow participants to withdraw at any time