Experiments Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 2 different types of experiments?
A
Field & Laboratory
2
Q
Example of a field & lab experiment
A
Rosenthal and Jacobson & Milgram
3
Q
Advantages & disadvantages of lab experiments
A
Advantages:
highly replicable, detatched method as researcher manipulates variables and records results
Disadvantages:
Unrepresentative, Ungeneralisable, Hawthorne Effect, could cause harm to participants
4
Q
Advantages & disadvantages of Field Experiments
A
Advantages:
Avoids artificiality, can be used to study past events, no ethical problems
Disadvantages:
Gives the researcher less control over variables and field experiments
