evaluation

• Evaluation M+P:

  1. Controlled experiment
  2. Lack of Ecological validity
  3. EWT may be more accurate in real life
  4. The Sample
• Evaluation - Controlled experiment

  • Study is reliable
  • Study has standardised procedures, so it can be replicated
• Evaluation - Lack of Ecological validity

  • Participants watched staged videos rather than real accidents - may have changed reaction to stimuli
  • Not emotionally aroused in the same way they would be in a real life accident so may not represent real life