Scenario 2
A researcher was interested in the effects of mood on aggression.She decided to see how receiving an insult or a compliment affects aggression,and she measured aggression by having participants administer small shocks to another participant.The researcher found that participants in the insult condition were more aggressive than those in the compliment condition.
-Refer to Scenario 2.Suppose a reviewer questions the value of the research by stating that the majority of people never administer a shock to another person in the real world.What feature would the reviewer be concerned about?

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The reviewer's concern is about mundane realism, which refers to how closely an experiment mirrors real-life experiences. The critique is that administering shocks is not a common real-world behavior, thus questioning the study's applicability to everyday situations.

Scenario 2 a Researcher Was Interested in the Effects of Mood on Mood