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Experiment definition

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A controlled situation in which the researcher manipulated one variable to discover its effect on another whilst other variables are consistent

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Laboratory experiments

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-controlled environment
-standardised
-variable we manipulate
-artificial setting

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Reliability

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Consistency of the study

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Field experiment

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-Still manipulates variables
- real life situation

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Validity

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Is the extent to which a test measures what it’s meant to

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Reliability

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Consistency of a measure
Standardised/ controlled

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Internal validity

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How true is the measurement
Cause + effect

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External validity

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How well results can be applied

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Population validity

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Does it represent the population ?

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Ecological validity

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How realistic

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Mundane validity

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Similarity to real life

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Factors that affect our research

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Extraneous variables
Subjectivity
Social desirability
Demand characteristics

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Extraneous variables

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Factors other than IV that affect results

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Subjectivity

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Interpretation of results based on experience and belief

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Social desirability

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Changing to fit in

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Demand characteristics

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Participants guess aim and change for the experimenter

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Social influence

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An individual’s behaviour,attitudes and emotions are affected by another individual

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Obedience

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Compliance to the real or imagined demands of an authority figure.
-yielding
Opposite-dissent
Not the same as conforming to the norm

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type 1 error

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false positive
the results classed as significant when there not
p value to lenient

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type 2 error

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falso negative
the results classed as insignificant when they are significant
p value to strict

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