Experiment Types

Question 1

What are the 4 types of experiments

Answer 1

Lab
Field
Natural
Quasi

Question 2

In what 2 experiments can cause and effect be established

Answer 2

Lab
Field

Question 3

In what 2 experiments can cause and effect NOT be established

Answer 3

Natural
Quasi

Question 4

What 2 experiments can take place in controlled lab and ‘real world’ settings

Answer 4

Natural
Quasi

Question 5

What experiments involve direct manipulation of the IV to see the effect on the DV

Answer 5

Lab
Field

Question 6

What experiments can participants be randomly allocated to conditions

Answer 6

Lab
Field

Question 7

In what experiment can extraneous variables be controlled

Answer 7

Lab

Question 8

In what experiments can extraneous variables be difficult to control

Answer 8

Field
Natural
Quasi

Question 9

In which experiments do participants NOT know they are being studied

Answer 9

Field

Question 10

In what experiments can participants NOT be randomly allocated to conditions

Answer 10

Natural
Quasi

Question 11

In which experiments does the researcher NOT directly manipulate the IV

Answer 11

natural
Quasi

Question 12

Give an example of a lab experiment

Answer 12

Gilchrist & Nesburg
- people with 4 hours no food/ water rated pictures of food higher than people who could eat and drink

Question 13

Give an example of a field experiment

Answer 13

Piliavin et al
- more people helped those who ‘fell’ in NY subway with a walking stick than with alcohol

Question 14

Give an example of a natural experiment

Answer 14

Williams
- behaviour in 6-11 year olds was more aggressive after tv was introduced than before

Question 15

Give an example of a quasi experiment

Answer 15

Baron-Cohen et al
- Children with autism arranged comic strips quicker than ‘normal’ children