Which of the following students provides the best definition of the term "ecological validity?
a. Emily: "Ecological validity means that you are testing hypotheses that assess people's concern about the environment."
b. Patrick: "Ecological validity refers to research in which you assess two different dependent variables."
c. Tessa: "Ecological validity means that there is a high similarity between the situation where the study is being conducted, and the situation in "real life" where the results will be applied."
d. Theodora: "Ecological validity means that you take two dependent variables, determine whether they are correlated with each other, and then see whether they are correlated with the independent variable."
Ans: c
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