Experimental Reseaech Methods Flashcards
1
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Laboratory Experiment
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- controlled environment
- variables manipulated
- pps know they’re in an experiment
2
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Field Experiments
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- environment that suits the experiment
- IV manipulated
- pps not aware of the experiment
3
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Natural Experiments
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- not ethical or legal
* IV occurs naturally
4
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Quasi- experiments
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*IV hadn’t been manipulated- naturally occuring
5
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2 advantages and disadvantages of laboratory experiments
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- high internal validity
- easy to replicate
- low ecological validity
- demand characteristics
6
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2 advantages and disadvantages of field experiments
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- High ecological validity
- lack of demand characteristics
- low internal validity
- less easy to replicate
7
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2 advantages and disadvantages of natural Experiments
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- allows unethical research
- high ecological validity
- lack of casual relationship
- lack of random allocation
8
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2 advantages and disadvantages of quasi- experiments
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- allows comparison between types of people
- can be carried out in a lab
- low ecological validity if in lab
- lack of random allocation
9
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extraneous variable
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might affect the DV (not the IV)
10
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confounding variables
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variables that aren’t controlled for the experiment -affect the results
