PSY 429 Experimental Psychology

Experimental Dilemma # 2

 

A researcher seeking a grant from a federal funding agency proposes a series of experiments in which the effects of temperature stress on task performance will be studied. Specifically, the researcher plans to test subjects in an environmental chamber which will either be cold (52 degrees F), normal (72 degrees F), or hot (92 degrees F). Subjects will monitor a TV screen filled with letters and will press a button whenever a particular predetermined target letter is displayed. Performance is expected to change depending upon the temperature of the chamber. A reviewer at the funding agency recommends that the grant be denied since the letter detection task bears no outright similarity to any task judgment performed in a real job situation.

Do you agree with the reviewer's judgment? If not, why?

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