A researcher asks 24 adults who regularly prepare packed lunches to make one using ingredients laid out in a university room. Each person works alone and receives the same ingredients and instructions.
Explain how the task and the setting may each affect the ecological validity of the study. Then justify which of the two is more likely to limit how far the findings apply to everyday life.
139 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.2 Doing Research, covering 7.2.1 Experiments, 7.2.2 Interviews, 7.2.3 Questionnaires (Surveys), 7.2.4 Observations, 7.2.5 Case Studies, and 7.2.6 Correlations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.