Field Experiments Flashcards
A Field Experiment is one which is carried out beyond the ?
lab
This means that the Field Experiment is performed in what type of setting ? within an UNPREPARED environment
natural setting
Which type of sociologists favour the use of Field Experiments and why?
interpretivists - the natural setting allows for social reality to be explored & valid results that should follow due to the setting
The first case study for Field Experiments that we looked at during the ‘Education’ topic comes from?
Noon - racial discrimination
Noon conducted a Field Experiment exploring ? in employment
racism
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
enquiries
100
What did Noon conclude?
that the ‘white’ candidate tended to receive a better quality reply
The second case study for Field Experiments also comes from 2 researchers we looked at in the ‘Education’ topic and they’re called?
Rosenthal & Jacobson - Pygmalion in the Classroom
Rosenthal & Jacobson looked at the impact of ? in the classroom, they distributed fake __ tests which were said to identify the sp___
labelling
IQ tests
spurters
After returning to the school a year later, what did R&J find?
those identified as ‘Spurters’ made significant progress
The third Field Experiment was done at Paddington Train Station by ?
Sissons
Sissons compared the responses of people when a la___ asked for ? & when the person was in a a suit and bowler hat
laborer
directions
Sissons found that people were more willing to help who? and apparently this was due to ____ c___
the man in the suit
social class perception
However, it is key to note that other factors like ? could’ve impacted this
time of the day, location, age , gender
A {PRACTICAL} strength of Field Experiments is that they can test ?
government policy
{PRACTICAL STRENGTH} : they can test the eff___ of a policy in a certain area and help to develop ?
effectiveness
changes/improvements
The {ETHICAL} strength of ‘Field Experiments’ is that participants are more ______ in a natural setting
comfortable
{ETHICAL STRENGTH} : this can lead to a reduction of which effect?
hawthorne effect
The {THEORETICAL} advantage of ‘Field Experiments’ is that they tend to be which “V” ?
valid
How do ‘Field Experiments’ achieve valid results?
they happen in a natural setting so subjects aren’t influenced by the researcher/other factors
The {PRACTICAL} drawback of ‘Field Experiments’ is that lack the control of what?
variables
{PRACTICAL DRAWBACK] : researchers can measure specific relationships or cause & _____
effect
An {ETHICAL} limitation of ‘Field Experiments’ is that if they’re done covertly, what is lacking?
informed consent
[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?
unintentionally
researcher’s
The {THEORETICAL} limitation of ‘Field Experiments’ is that they are un___
unreliable
{THEORETICAL LIMITATION} : Field Experiments are said to be unreliable because researchers can’t control or duplicate ?
& this would then limit what?
variables
replicability
