laboratory experiments

Question 1

what are 4 problems of labs?

Answer 1

artificiality, identifying and controlling varibles, Hawthorne effect, ethical problems, limited application, free will

Question 2

ethical problems?

Answer 2

use a blind to conceal real aims - deception

Question 3

what does the lab being small and small scale exclude?

Answer 3

most important sociological issues - large scale social change and study past events

Question 4

what do positivist argue is ‘out there’?

Answer 4

measurable objective social reality

Question 5

how do positivist regard experiments - especially lab?

Answer 5

reliable - bc they can be repeated exactly allowing previous findings to be checked

Question 6

why do positivist like experiments for data?

Answer 6

quantitative and scientifically collected

Question 7

what do interpetrivits claim experiments dont do?

Answer 7

translate easily to the study of social behaviour and dont produce high validity

Question 8

because of the number of problems…

Answer 8

even positivist rarely use it