Experimental Method Denounced Flashcards
Social life is always ____.
contextualised
One important consideration is the basic concern with the ____ that forms part of any experimental design. It makes little sense to study cause and effect relationships out of context.
artificiality
Social psychology routinely deploys the strategy of examining the impact of independent variables on dependent variables, however, this logic becomes strained to the point of ridiculousness when the objects of study are ____.
people
The variability that experimentalists would regard as ____, is regarded by critical social psychologists as making an important contribution to the complexity that makes up the social world.
contamination
The kind of decontextualisation so sought after by experimental social psychologists is seen as simply a nonsense in terms of providing any meaningful contribution to our understanding of the wider world. We’re almost never in a position to be able to note the effect of one ____ on another.
variable
The simplification experimental control necessarily entails comes at a cost. This cost maybe documented in terms of concerns about ____, ____ and ____ validity.
artificiality, relevance and ecological validity
What can controlled laboratory studies actually tell us about spontaneous social actions that occur in ____ situations?
natural
Human beings under the scrutiny of experimental situations will react to all ____ of that situation, not simply the aspects the experimenter has focused on.
aspects
The “____ as ____” argument states that the objects to be investigated also happen to be the subjects of investigation.
objects as subjects
Specific cues that lead the research participants to develop inferences about what might be wanted in the experiment have been referred to as ____ ____.
demand characteristics
____ ____ is where participants in psychological research become sensitive to the fact that they are under the scientific microscope and are very aware of the possibility that they may be evaluated negatively as a result.
Evaluation apprehension
Problems with conducting research with human subjects do not end with the subjects themselves, with many studies highlighting the fact that the role of the ____ is far from passive.
experimenter
The experiment expectancy effect is where knowledge of the research hypothesis may subtly and unintentionally influence the way in which participants are ____, thereby increasing the likelihood of confirming the research hypothesis.
treated
Other examples include ____-____ ____, where your treatment of the person has the power to alter the way that person may react, and ____ ____, where the experimenter sees what they expect to see.
self-fulfilling prophecies : experimenter bias
