Labratory

Question 1

Is laboratory primary or secondary data?

Answer 1

Primary data

Question 2

What are the 2 researchs for this and explain?

Answer 2

1) Milgram (1974) - a 1960s experiments to see if people would harm others if an authority figure told them to - the “learner” was fake
2) Mayo (1927) - changed their lighting, rest breaks etc to see if their working conditions would change, it didn’t as they knew they were being studied

Question 3

What are 2 advantages of practical?

Answer 3

1) quick - only a few participants needed
2) cheap - only the lab

Question 4

What are 2 advantages of ethical?

Answer 4

1) consent
2) debrief - there behaviour is completely normal after the study

Question 5

What are 2 advantages of theoretical?

Answer 5

1) objectivity - researcher can’t influence the study
2) test re-test - can repeat (reliability)

Question 6

What are 2 disadvantages of practical?

Answer 6

1) can only do small samples
2) impossible to identify and control the possible variables

Question 7

What is 2 disadvantage of ethical?

Answer 7

1) lack of informed consent - may not know the true aim of the study
2) deception - lying about the true reason for the experiment

Question 8

What are 2 disadvantages of theoretical?

Answer 8

1) Hawthorne effect - reduces validity
2) lacks ecological validity - fake setting