Location of Research

Question 1

Laboratory Experiment meaning

Answer 1

Location where scientific research is conducted, with specialist equipment (can not be conducted in a field).
Confounding and extraneous variables are controlled and have standardised procedures.

Question 2

Field Experiment meaning

Answer 2

Location outside of a lab in a natural setting, with less control over confounding variables, but still utilises standardised procedures.

Question 3

Online Experiment meaning

Answer 3

Location where participants assessed via internet/ social network…
Used as questionnaires but also experimental.

Question 4

Laboratory experiment: positives

Answer 4

1. Can be arranged any time
2. Measures behaviour precisely
3. Extraneous variables controlled
4. Good internal validity

Question 5

Laboratory experiment: negatives

Answer 5

1. Artificial environment= lacks ecological validity
2. Behaviour not generalised to the world
3. Behaviour is not natural.

Question 6

Field experiment: positives

Answer 6

1. Behaviour reflects real life in a natural setting (increase ecological validity)
2. Reduce demand characteristics
3. Examine behaviour in a huge range of context (better than lab).

Question 7

Field experiment: negatives

Answer 7

1. Extraneous variables interfere due to reduce control of experimenters
2. Hard to find truly causal effects between IV and DV.
3. Hard to replicate

Question 8

Online Experiment: positives

Answer 8

1. large group allows more diverse and reduce culture bias.
2. Free with cheap software
3. Data analysed quicker.

Question 9

Online experiments: negatives

Answer 9

1. Methods are limited
2. Lack of consent and protection from harm
3. Difficult appropriate debrief