Bernardo received grant funding to transform his lab to look like a daycare room, equipped with toys, decorations, and staff. Bernardo wanted to ensure a high degree of _____ validity in his laboratory experiments.
A) external
B) internal
C) ecological
D) peripheral

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Ecological validity refers to the extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-world settings. By transforming his lab to look like a daycare room, Bernardo is attempting to make the setting of his experiments resemble the real-world environment of the participants (children), thereby enhancing the ecological validity of his experiments.

Bernardo Received Grant Funding to Transform His Lab to Look