Lab Experiments Flashcards
Laboratory Experiments are those carried out in which type of environment?
controlled
In a Lab Experiment, what type of scientific prediction can be tested?
hypothesis
The key element of Lab Experiments is that they are ? {R}
No matter how many times a particular experiment is run, it will always produce the same ?
reliable
result
Which type of researchers believe that Lab Experiments can possibly be used to test social theories and hypotheses?
psychologists
Which sociologists prefer the general approach of a Lab Experiment & why?
HOWEVER… there are serious ___ issues that mean that this type of sociologist doesn’t agree that Lab Experiments are appropriate for testing social t___
positivists
scientific results are produced
P.E.T
theories
Who looked into teacher expectations using a Lab Experiment?
Charkin Et Al.
{Teacher Expectations} : Charkin et al used how many university students to teach a lesson to a ___yr old?
48 students
10 year old
{Charkin et al’s Teacher Expectations} : A third of the students were told the boy was ?
highly motivated and intelligent
{Charkin et al’s Teacher Expectations} : Another third of the students were told the boy was ?
poorly motivated with a low IQ
{Charkin et al’s Teacher Expectations} : The last third were given what?
no information
{Charkin et al’s Teacher Expectations} : The study showed that those who had high expectations did what two things compared to the ones who had low expectations?
made more eye contact and were more encouraging
Another case study for Laboratory Experiments that comes from Psychology is ?
Zimbardo - Stanford Prison
Zimbardo’s study took place when?
in the 1970’s
Zimbardo set up a fake prison at the university to explore?
https://youtu.be/IRR7CwdHxUE
power dynamics between ‘prisoners’ and ‘guards’
Zimbardo’s experiment ended after how many days? why was this? {Maslack}
6 days (initially supposed to be a 2week study) after conducting interviews,
social psychologist Christina Maslack saw prisoners were severely distressed and confronted Zimbardo
+ hunger strikes/mental breakdowns
A third example of a Lab Experiment done by Milgram was called?
https://youtu.be/3YOox59J0Bk
‘Obedience to Authority’
{Milgram, Obedience to Authority’} : the experiment involved participants administering ___ to other individuals, in order to test people’s obedience to ?
electric shock
authority
{Milgram} : ‘Teachers’ were told to give a ___ if the learner got an answer wrong, and what percentage were willing to give a lethal shock of 450V?
shock
65%
A {PRACTICAL} advantage of Lab Experiments is that you don’t have to do what?
wait for events to occur naturally
19B) {PRACTICAL} advantage : you don’t have to wait for events to occur n____ because a lab experiment can be set up and created in an a___ setting.
This means studies can be done on d___
naturally
artificial
demand
An {ETHICAL} benefit of Lab Experiments is that they are easy to ?
stop if too dangerous
In which case study is this {ETHICAL] advantage demonstrated well?
zimbardo - 2week experiment was able to be stopped after 6 days
A {THEORETICAL} advantage starting with “O” for Lab Experiments is?
objectivity
{THEORETICAL} : Lab Experiments are objective in that they’re carried out in an un___ environment & are highly de___, not allowing what to interfere with results?
unbiased
detached
emotions/opinions
Lab Experiments are {PRACTICALLY} limited because you cant fit ? into a lab
society
{PRACTICAL L} : Its impossible to create a lab scenario that covers all ? of real society & THEREFORE they cant be a true reflection of a ?
variables
social situation
An {ETHICAL} limitation of Lab Experiments is that there’s a danger of harming who?
those being researched
{ETHICAL L} : This has been pointed out in numerous ph___ lab experiments where the wellbeing & mental h____ has been ? for the pursuit of data.
psychological
health
sacrificed
A {THEORETICAL} limitation of Lab Experiments is that they lack?
validity
{THEORETICAL L} : how do Lab Experiments risk lacking validity?
they don’t reflect human behavior in a natural environment
+ the data collected is purely a SNAPSHOT in time.
