Analysis of a Recently Discovered Great Debate Between Martin T. Orne and Theodore X. Barber

Ecological Validity and “Ecological Validity”

“…Trained as a social psychologist as well as a psychiatrist, Orne was especially interested in the ecological validity of experiments in social psychology—particularly those involving deception (Orne & Holland, 1968; for a response, see Milgram, 1972; see also Mohl, 2017). But ecological validity is not just for social psychologists anymore.…”