Briefly Describe Three Threats to Internal Validity and Three Threats

question 23

Essay

Briefly describe three threats to internal validity and three threats to external validity in group research designs.

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Definitions:

Introspection

The examination of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations as a means of personal reflection or psychological analysis.

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus.

Masculinity

A set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with boys and men as prescribed by society.

Gender

Refers to the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity.