Method

• • High standardisation: using a computer to control timings, speeds, visuals --> replicable, reliable
  • Double-blind procedure: neither Ps nor Es know who took oxytocin or placebo -> avoid experimenter effects or demand characteristics --> valid
  • Quantitative data: percentage distance, allowed for comparision --> objective"
• • Self-report: Ps self-reported being high or low in empathy -> social desirability bias --> validity
  • Lack generalisability: only Male Ps
  • Lack ecological validity: computer based, lab setting -> no intense feelings of discomfort than that of real life situation -> not reflective of real life"