Ecological Validity and “Ecological Validity”
John F. Kihlstrom
Abstract
to refer to the correlation between perceptual cues and the states and traits of a stimulus. Martin Orne adapted the term to refer to the generalization of experimental findings to the real world outside the laboratory. Both are legitimate uses of the term because the ecological validity of the cues in an experiment determines the ecological validity of the experiment itself.
Topics & Concepts
Ecological validityIncremental validityPsychologyExternal validityPerceptionPredictive validityEcologyCriterion validityGeneralizationCognitive psychologyConstruct validitySocial psychologyPsychometricsCognitionDevelopmental psychologyEpistemologyBiologyNeurosciencePhilosophySensory Analysis and Statistical MethodsMental Health Research TopicsOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies