Field Experiments

Question 1

A Field Experiment is one which is carried out beyond the ?

Answer 1

lab

Question 2

This means that the Field Experiment is performed in what type of setting ? within an UNPREPARED environment

Answer 2

natural setting

Question 3

Which type of sociologists favour the use of Field Experiments and why?

Answer 3

interpretivists - the natural setting allows for social reality to be explored & valid results that should follow due to the setting

Question 4

The first case study for Field Experiments that we looked at during the ‘Education’ topic comes from?

Answer 4

Noon - racial discrimination

Question 5

Noon conducted a Field Experiment exploring ? in employment

Answer 5

racism

Question 6

Noon sent speculative en___ from two fake candidates to the UK’s top ___ firms, and these candidates belonged to different ethnic groups as seen by their ‘traditional’ names

Answer 6

enquiries

100

Question 7

What did Noon conclude?

Answer 7

that the ‘white’ candidate tended to receive a better quality reply

Question 8

The second case study for Field Experiments also comes from 2 researchers we looked at in the ‘Education’ topic and they’re called?

Answer 8

Rosenthal & Jacobson - Pygmalion in the Classroom

Question 9

Rosenthal & Jacobson looked at the impact of ? in the classroom, they distributed fake __ tests which were said to identify the sp___

Answer 9

labelling

IQ tests

spurters

Question 10

After returning to the school a year later, what did R&J find?

Answer 10

those identified as ‘Spurters’ made significant progress

Question 11

The third Field Experiment was done at Paddington Train Station by ?

Answer 11

Sissons

Question 12

Sissons compared the responses of people when a la___ asked for ? & when the person was in a a suit and bowler hat

Answer 12

laborer

directions

Question 13

Sissons found that people were more willing to help who? and apparently this was due to ____ c___

Answer 13

the man in the suit

social class perception

Question 14

However, it is key to note that other factors like ? could’ve impacted this

Answer 14

time of the day, location, age , gender

Question 15

A {PRACTICAL} strength of Field Experiments is that they can test ?

Answer 15

government policy

Question 16

{PRACTICAL STRENGTH} : they can test the eff___ of a policy in a certain area and help to develop ?

Answer 16

effectiveness

changes/improvements

Question 17

The {ETHICAL} strength of ‘Field Experiments’ is that participants are more ______ in a natural setting

Answer 17

comfortable

Question 18

{ETHICAL STRENGTH} : this can lead to a reduction of which effect?

Answer 18

hawthorne effect

Question 19

The {THEORETICAL} advantage of ‘Field Experiments’ is that they tend to be which “V” ?

Answer 19

valid

Question 20

How do ‘Field Experiments’ achieve valid results?

Answer 20

they happen in a natural setting so subjects aren’t influenced by the researcher/other factors

Question 21

The {PRACTICAL} drawback of ‘Field Experiments’ is that lack the control of what?

Answer 21

variables

Question 22

{PRACTICAL DRAWBACK] : researchers can measure specific relationships or cause & _____

Answer 22

effect

Question 23

An {ETHICAL} limitation of ‘Field Experiments’ is that if they’re done covertly, what is lacking?

Answer 23

informed consent

Question 24

[ETHICAL LIMITATION} : so if the subjects are unaware of the experiment, they may be harmed u____ally again without their knowledge, which is actually who’s responsibility?

Answer 24

unintentionally

researcher’s

Question 25

The {THEORETICAL} limitation of ‘Field Experiments’ is that they are un___

Answer 25

unreliable

Question 26

{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} : Field Experiments are said to be unreliable because researchers can’t control or duplicate ?

& this would then limit what?

Answer 26

variables

replicability