Location of Research Flashcards

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Laboratory Experiment meaning

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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.

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Field Experiment meaning

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

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Online Experiment meaning

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

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Laboratory experiment: positives

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

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

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  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).
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Field experiment: negatives

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  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
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Online Experiment: positives

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

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