Experiments

Question 1

What’s a an experiment

Answer 1

• Highly controlled situation where researcher control variables to establish cause and effect relationship
• controls variables to test hypothesis

Question 2

The Hawthorne effect

Answer 2

Changes behaviour of ptps due to the awareness that they are taking part in an experiment

Question 3

How does an experiment work

Answer 3

• researcher will have a hypothesis to test ( prediction which the researcher guesses might be true)
• takes 2 groups that are alike every-way and changes a variable in another group

Question 4

Lab experiment

Answer 4

• artificial environment and high levels of control

Question 5

Field experiment

Answer 5

Normal, everyday social situations

Question 6

PERVERT lab experiment

Answer 6

P
- more control
- time and cost
E
- ethical issues = immoral manipulating people, deception, consent
R
- high = control
V
- lowered = artificial environment
- lowered Hawthorne effect
E
- Milgram
- bandura - bobo doll
R
- low v small scale often volunteer so bias
T
- positivist’s
Quatative and reliable

Question 7

PERVERT of natural experiments

Answer 7

P
- easier to set up
- less control over variables
- time consuming but better than lab
E
- ethical issues
R
- lower than lab
V
- high = real life setting
- Hawthorne effect reduced
E
- mayo
R
- higher
- still small so reduced
T
- less positive but still scientific for interpretivist

Question 8

Mayo Hawthorne studies

Answer 8

• experiment in Hawthorne factory of western electricity company , try find the factors affecting the productivity of workers
• feild study