Laboratory Experiments Flashcards
1
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Experimental group
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- group who are the subjects
2
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Control group
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- group who is compared to the experimental group
3
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IV
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- thing you change to measure the effects
4
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DV
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- thing you measure in relation to what you’re testing
5
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Ecological Validity
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- where findings are true to a natural environment
6
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Milgram (1974)
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- find out whether people who harm others when told by an authority figure
- volunteers became ‘teachers’
- ‘learner’ got the answer wrong, gave an increasing level of electric shock
- electric shocks were not real
- ‘learner’ begins to shout in pain and asks ‘teacher’ to stop. The experimenter tells the teacher ‘you must continue’
7
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Mayo (1927)
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- research into factors affecting workers’ productivity at Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne plant
-5 female workers volunteered - altered different variables such as lighting, heating, rest breaks
- output went up when conditions worsened and improved
- workers responding to the fact they were being studied
8
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PET analyse - Milgram (1974)
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Practical- cheap
Ethical- debrief, learnt something of lasting value, deception, may cause harm
Theoretical- lacks ecological validity, reliable
9
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PET analyse - Mayo (1927)
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Practical- quick, small sample used
Ethical- consented via volunteering,
Theoretical- objectivity, hawthorne effect
