The Degree to Which an Experiment Is Superficially Similar to Everyday

question 15

Multiple Choice

The degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations is referred to as:

• A)realistic experimentation.
• B)televised reality.
• C)mundane realism.
• D)experimental realism.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Restructuring

A psychotherapeutic process of learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive distortions, such as "all-or-nothing" thinking.

Pessimistic Attributional Styles

A tendency to habitually explain negative events with causes that are stable, global, and internal.

Internal Validity

The extent to which a research study provides evidence that a causal relationship exists between the variables tested, without influence from external factors.

External Validity

How much the outcomes of a research can be extrapolated to different contexts and different people.