Critical Writing

Critical Writing

The first article selected by the author is the 'In Defence of External Invalidity' by Mook. In this article Mook stated that many psychological investigations are accused of failing in generalizing the real world. The main reason of failure was the sample bias and artificially of setting. Therefore, Mook argued that using such generalizations often are not intended. Thus, in this regard, besides making assumptions and predictions about the real world in the laboratory, one must test the assumptions and predictions that specify what actually ought to happen in the laboratory environment. Another interesting argument raised was that using ...