Which of the Following Students Provides the Best Definition of the Term

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the best definition of the term "ecological validity"?

• A) Emily: "Ecological validity means that you are testing hypotheses that assess people's concern about the environment."
• B) Patrick: "Ecological validity refers to research in which you assess two different dependent variables."
• C) Tessa: "Ecological validity means that there is a high similarity between the situation where the study is being conducted, and the situation in "real life" where the results will be applied."
• D) Theodora: "Ecological validity means that you take two dependent variables, determine whether they are correlated with each other, and then see whether they are correlated with the independent variable."

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