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social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > social psychology research > experimental realism

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experimental realism  

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  • Definition Experimental realism is the extent to which situations created in social psychology experiments are real and impactful to participants. Background The concept of experimental realism was developed in response to criticism that most social psychology experiments take place in artificial laboratory settings and thus are invalid for examining how people truly think and act. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Experimental Realism]

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