Craik and Tulving (Key Study for LOP) Evaluation

Craik and Tulving (Key Study for LOP) Evaluation

1. GENERALISABILITY

   • The study can not be generalised as it used a small sample of twenty participants. This is not a big enough sample to generalise to the whole population.

2. RELIABILITY

   • The study is reliable to an extent as it was a lab experiment, therefore there was a high level of control of all the variables. This means the experiment is reliable as all the variables had been manipulated.

3. APPLICATION

   • The study can be applied to real life as it shows how most people recall information. It could be used for educational purposes.

4. VALIDITY

   • The experiment has low ecological validity as they were not acting naturally due the experiment using a lab method.

5. ETHICS

   • No informed consent given as the participants didn't know they were going to be given the test - it was 'incidental'