Cognitive Science research is hard to conduct, because researchers must take phenomena from the world and turn them into laboratory tasks for which a reasonable level of experimental control can be achieved. Consequently, research necessarily makes tradeoffs between internal validity (experimental control) and external validity (the degree to which a task represents behavior outside of the lab)...

n, n΄-3, 4-di(methylamino)-1, 2, 5-oxadiazole (1f) was prepared by dehydration of n, n΄-3, 4-di(methylamino)glyoxime (2f) in aqueous potassium hydroxid at 170-180 ˚c. under similar conditions n, n΄-3, 4-di(benzylamino)-1, 2, 5-oxadiazole (1c) and n, n΄-3, 4-di(isopropylamino)-1, 2, 5-oxadiazole (1e) were not obtained, but, n, n΄-3, 4-di(ethylamino)-1, 2, 5-oxadiazole (1g) was appeared with smal...

xperiments E show significant demobilizing and alienating effects of negative advertising. Although internally valid, experiments may have limited external validity. Aggregate and survey data offer two ways of providing external validation for experiments. We show that survey recall measures of advertising exposure suffer from problems of internal validity due to simultaneity and measurement er...

In the development of distance learning, advances in cognitive science merge with new technology to deliver instruction worldwide. However, one major difficulty in evaluating the efficacy of these tools is determining which elements of instruction truly lead to observed changes in student performance. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review current use of various research methods for eva...

Cognitive Science research is hard to conduct, because researchers must take phenomena from the world and turn them into laboratory tasks for which a reasonable level of experimental control can be achieved. Consequently, research necessarily makes tradeoffs between internal validity (experimental control) and external validity (the degree to which a task represents behavior outside of the lab)...

The paper contains a discussion of the modification of Rotter's Internal External Scale into the three scales of Internal, Powerful Others, and Chance orientations. The tripartite, multidimensional view of locus of control was developed because the validity and usefulness of Rotter's lumping expectancies of fate, chance, and powerful others together under the rubric of external control were que...