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Article Interrogation
Emerson Quigley
Grand Canyon University: PSY-
260 Professor Johnson
April 4
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Article Interrogation
Article Interrogation
In journal articles information needs to be accurate and justified for a scientific study.
The four validities: construct, external, statistical, and internal validity help determine if the
study presents accurate information. The following articles will explain the validities and
determine if the journal article is good or bad.
Article 1: Romantic Red Revisited: Red Enhances Men’s Attraction to Young, but Not
Menopausal Women
The study performed by the Sascha and Singer evaluate the factor of age and the
attraction of women who are wearing the color red. The article states a casual claim that wearing
red causes younger women to be more attractive than menopausal women when associated with
the color red (Sascha & Singer, 2013). The first validity is a construct validity and questions on
how well each study done is manipulated or measured (Morling, 2015). For the Romantic Red
Revisited study there were 100 participants that range from 25 years old to 53 years old in a
shopping area. The chosen participants looked at the pictures of young and older woman with
the background of the color red. For construct validity the study did not measure a variety of
participants to determine the conclusion that all men find a younger woman with the background
color red more preferable than menopausal woman with the red enhancement. The study
involved a few variations of pictures to manipulate the independent variable but lacked variation
in participants which indicates a subpar journal article for the construct validity. Would the
studies hypothesis change if there were more men in the study because men have different
qualities that they like in a women’s appearance?
Article Interrogation
Emerson Quigley
Grand Canyon University: PSY-
260 Professor Johnson
April 4
, 2
Article Interrogation
Article Interrogation
In journal articles information needs to be accurate and justified for a scientific study.
The four validities: construct, external, statistical, and internal validity help determine if the
study presents accurate information. The following articles will explain the validities and
determine if the journal article is good or bad.
Article 1: Romantic Red Revisited: Red Enhances Men’s Attraction to Young, but Not
Menopausal Women
The study performed by the Sascha and Singer evaluate the factor of age and the
attraction of women who are wearing the color red. The article states a casual claim that wearing
red causes younger women to be more attractive than menopausal women when associated with
the color red (Sascha & Singer, 2013). The first validity is a construct validity and questions on
how well each study done is manipulated or measured (Morling, 2015). For the Romantic Red
Revisited study there were 100 participants that range from 25 years old to 53 years old in a
shopping area. The chosen participants looked at the pictures of young and older woman with
the background of the color red. For construct validity the study did not measure a variety of
participants to determine the conclusion that all men find a younger woman with the background
color red more preferable than menopausal woman with the red enhancement. The study
involved a few variations of pictures to manipulate the independent variable but lacked variation
in participants which indicates a subpar journal article for the construct validity. Would the
studies hypothesis change if there were more men in the study because men have different
qualities that they like in a women’s appearance?
