Inquiry Flashcards
What is Demand characteristics?
Participant believe to discovered the aim of the study and expectations by experimenters
How can Demand characteristic affect results?
Participants unintentionally behave to fit hypothesis.
What is single blind Procedures?
Participant do not know whether they are experimental or control group.
Pros of single blind procedures?
Reduces Demand characteristics
What is a Placebo?
Fake drug or treatment as a control condition
Cons of single bind procedures?
Doesn’t reduce experimenter effects
Pros of random allocation?
Reduce experimenter effects
What is the Placebo effect?
Response to Placebo that affects the body by belief of the treatment
What is standardization of procedures and instructions
Observations and response procedures should be the same for all participants
What is experimenter effects?
Any influence on results by experimenters characteristics, interactions, errors
What is observational research design?
Observations made in most natural environments without intervention.
Pros and cons of observational research design
Pro - High external validity
Con - No cause and effect relationship
What is case study?
In depth research on individuals with specific disorders through a many of techniques.
Cons of case study
Not generalizable
What is experimental research design?
Manipulates variable to see changes in other variables, to find cause and effect relationship.
