Using a Cover Story to Enhance the Psychological Realism of an Experiment

question 189

Multiple Choice

Using a cover story to enhance the psychological realism of an experiment is one way to increase the ________ of a study.

• A) internal validity
• B) external validity
• C) reliability
• D) p-value

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Definitions:

Sensory Modalities

Different forms of sensory perceptions, such as sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, through which we experience the world.

Cognitive Schema

A mental framework that helps organize and interpret information in the world around us.

Concept

A mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties.

Mental Set

A tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method worked in the past.