EXSS3049 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Internal Validity, Ecological Validity, Military Intelligence

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS3049
• Professor: Stephen Cobley

Document Summary

Example: question: sedentary work associated with weight gain & poor psychological well-being. If you know what group you are in it will change your behaviour and affect the experiment. A positive/beneficial psychological &/or physiological response to a sham" or no treatment condition. Participant expects a response from treatment. (unplanned) disclosure of study expectations. Participant motivated to meet expectations of researcher, based on shared information related to ability, behaviour or attitude etc. Tendency for participants to change behaviour through attention. & monitoring: social desirability & response distortion. Participants responses to try & ensure they are conforming to socially desirable states/evaluations (e. g. , reported weekly drinking habits to gp): resentment/ Control group becomes aware of being involved in control group. Information between (no)treatment group members is shared & disclosed. Participants react & change behaviour. (no)treatment group members in presence of each other falsely compete". What is the most informative insight/perspective (on what basis?) Confirmability y t i d i l a.