Experimental Methods

Question 0

What is an example of a laboratory experiment?

Answer 0

Flashing words on a screen for different periods of time to see which time is best for recalling words

Question 1

What is a laboratory experiment?

Answer 1

Carrying out research in an environment that is controlled or unfamiliar to participants

Question 2

What are advantages of a laboratory experiment?

Answer 2

1 variables controlled so we can see a cause and effect relationship
2 can be replicated easily
3 technical equipment can be used

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of a laboratory experiment?

Answer 3

1 lacks ecological validity

2 has demand characteristics

Question 4

What is a field experiment?

Answer 4

Changing an IV in participants natural environment

Question 5

What is an example of a field experiment?

Answer 5

A teacher divides her class into two and asks one to learn words in capitals and the other in lower case to see which is easier to recall

Question 6

What are the advantages of field experiment?

Answer 6

1 better ecological validity

2 reduced demand characteristics

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of a field experiment?

Answer 7

1 more difficult to replicate

2 harder to control extraneous variables, harder to identify a cause and effect relationship

Question 8

What is a natural experiment?

Answer 8

Using an IV that already exists in participants own environment

Question 9

What is an example of a natural experiment?

Answer 9

Teacher testing recall of words between genders

Question 10

What are the advantages of a natural experiment?

Answer 10

1 high ecological validity

2 has IVs that maybe unethical to create

Question 11

What are the disadvantages of a natural experiment?

Answer 11

1 Difficult to replicate

2 difficult to see the cause and effect relationship, because the extraneous variables are hard to control