Question

American researchers studying the effects of physical attractiveness on compliance wish to expand the cross-cultural generalizability of their findings to a lebanese population. they travel to lebanon and recruit local residents, whom the american researchers rate as attractive or unattractive, to act as experimental confederates. however, they are unable to replicate their research findings. what is a potential problem with this research?

Answer 1

The study may not be valid due to differences in standards of attractiveness between cultures.
In order for a study to be considered as valid, it need to be done using the standard of measurements that are generally accepted by other researchers in that current field so the data could be re-tested and applicable on other similar circumtances.