PSY 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fundamental Attribution Error, Nazi Propaganda, External Validity
13 Oct 2016
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Generalizability: applying the results from an experiment to a different situation or population. Harder to demonstrate with asian populations than european-american populations. Perhaps stems from a stronger east asian tendency to recognize the power of the situation. East-asian culture has people think in terms of the group. Case study: culture and the fundamental attribution error. History: if historical events that could affect the dv occur between two measurement. Maturation: if participants change simply due to the passage of time. Testing: if participants respond differently on the second measure of a dv simply (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"(cid:448)e (cid:271)een tested before. Statistical regression (to the mean): participants with extreme scores are likely to change towards the mean on a subsequent measurement. Ex. scoring poorly on a test and retaking it; if you score in a low range, the only way to change your score if to improve. Ex. issuing a questionnaire on the effects of nazi propaganda before the rise of.
