PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Demand Characteristics, Chinese Whispers, Stanley Milgram

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: ozzy mermut

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Example e. p- the ppt"s could have been displaying demand characteristics by trying to figure out the aims of the study from things such as clues that could be given off by the research. (smiling as they pass you!) The ppt"s behaviour becomes unnatural if they either get bored" or. If they get better" they basically go with the aims of the study and set out to prove what they believe the study is actually testing i. e. answering questions very well. Since the way the ppt"s are conducting themselves is not the way they normally would act this may impact the reliability. The theory has been backed from strong evidence such as bartlett"s work with w. o. t. g and loftus"s work on e. w. t. The theory has low ecological validity despite the situation in which the tasks was carried being natural" . This is because the iv has been manipulated and isn"t naturally occurring which is reflected in what the ppt"s had to do.