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On this episode, Dr. Mary Ellen Dello Stritto is joined by Dr. Mary Kite. Mary Kite received her B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Purdue University. A social psychologist, she is currently Professor of Social Psychology at Ball State University. Strongly committed to psychology education at all levels, she is Past-President of The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP, APA Division 2); she has held a number of other leadership roles for STP. She also chaired the APA Presidential Task Force on Diversity Education Resources and is Past President of the Midwestern Psychological Association. She is a Fellow of APA Divisions 2, 8, 9, 35, & 44 and of the Association for Psychological Science and the Midwestern Psychological Association. She maintains an active research program in the area of stereotyping and prejudice, including co-authoring The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (3e) with Bernard Whitley, Jr.; Kite and Whitley also co-authored Principles of Research in Behavioral Science (4e). Recognitions include the Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation (2014) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (2011). She was selected as a G. Stanley Hall Lecturer for the American Psychological Association in 2009 and was named a Minority Access National Role Model in 2007.

Segment 1: External Validity [00:00-08:03]

In this first segment, Dr. Kite discusses the importance of external validity in experimental research.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Kite, M. E., & Whitley, Jr., B. E.(2016).\\xa0The psychology of prejudice\\xa0and discrimination (3rd ed.).\\xa0New York: Routledge.
• Kite, M. E., & Whitley, Jr., B. E. (2018). Principles of research in behavioral science\\xa0(4th ed.).\\xa0New York: Routledge.
• Darley, J. M., & Latan\\xe9, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8, 377-383.
• Piliavin, I. M., Rodin, J., & Piliavin, J. A. (1969). Good Samaritanism: An underground phenomenon?\\xa0Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 13, 289-299.
• Ebbinghaus\\u2019 research on nonsense syllables

Segment 2: Sampling [08:04-18:12]

In segment two, Dr. Kite discusses sampling issues in quantitative research methods.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• Arnett, J. (2008). The neglected 95%: Why American psychology needs to become less American.\\xa0American Psychologist, 67, 602-614.
• Fraley, R. C. (2007). Using the Internet for personality research. In R. W. Robins, R. C. Fraley, & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in personality psychology (pp. 130-148). New York: Guilford.
• Henrich, J., Heine, S. J. & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 61-135.
• Henry, P. J. (2008). College sophomores in the laboratory redux: Influences of a narrow data base on social psychology\\u2019s view of the nature of prejudice.\\xa0Psychological Inquiry, 19, 49-71.
• Kraut, R., Olson, J., Banaji, M., Bruckman, A., Cohen, J., & Couper, M. (2004). Psychological research online: Report of Board of Scientific Affairs\\u2019 Advisory Group on the conduct of research on the Internet. American Psychologist, 59, 105-117.
• Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. (1975). The volunteer subject. New York: Wiley.
• Amazon Mechanical Turk
• Qualitrics

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