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Lab experiment

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Artificial controlled experiment. The researcher manipulates the IV to see what effect it has on the DV. Strict control on EV’s. Ppts are aware

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Field experiment

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More natural environment. Researcher manipulates IV to see the effect on the DV. Ppts don’t know

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Natural experiment

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IV = SETTING. everyday environment. IV is naturally occurring + in a natural environment

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Quasi experiment

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IV = PERSON. IV based on natural existing difference between people. Researcher doesn’t manipulate IV. Ppts can’t be randomly allocated

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Standardised procedure

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The process in which procedures used in research are kept the same

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Ecological validity

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Generalise results to another setting

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Mundane realism

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How the task is representative to every day life

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Demand characteristics

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Ppts work out the aim of the study from environment - change behaviour as a result. ‘Please you’-effects- ‘Screw you’

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Direction hypothesis

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Ppts who [IV1] will have higher/lower [DV] than ppts who [IV2]

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Non-direction hypothesis

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There will be a difference [DV] for ppts in [IV1] compared to [IV2]

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Null hypothesis

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No difference in [DV] for ppts in [IV1] compared to [IV2]

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Experimental designs

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How we use ppts

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Independent groups design

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Ppts take part in 1 condition only and 1 group only

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How are ppts randomly allocated

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‘Lottery method’ + ‘random name generator’

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Repeated measures design

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Ppts do both both conditions

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Matched pairs design

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Each ppt take part in 1 condition but ppts are matched on relevant considered variables — to match them you give out questionnaires then use random allocation

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Aim

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General expression of what the research intends to investigate

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Independent variable

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What you change in the experiment

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Dependent variable

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The measurable data in the experiment

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Extraneous variable

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The other parts that may lead to dependent variable changing therefore needs to be controlled

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Hypothesis

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Precise, testable statement of what the researchers predict will be the outcome of the study

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Operationalisation

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Making your hypothesis measureable and testable

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Relationship between control and realism experiments

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High control means low realism + vice versa

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Cyclical process

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Idea that research should start in a lab where we can establish cause+effect and test the results in the real world

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Experimental realism

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The extent to which the experiment is psychologically impacted and feels real

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Confounding variables

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Variables apart from the IV that have affected the DV

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Uncontrolled variables

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Variables that can’t be controlled e.g. weather. They’ll become confounding variables

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experimental group

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the group exposed to the IV

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control group

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not exposed to the IV and used as a comparison

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independent groups design

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when people only take part in one condition

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situational confounding variable

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feautures of the experimental situation that has affected the DV

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participant confounding variable

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able to do with differences between the ppts

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randomisation

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Any stimuli is an exp is presented in a random manner manner no effect on DV

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single blind test

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not letting ppts know which condition they are in

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double blind test

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neither ppt or researcher knows what condition they are in/doing

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investigator effects

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where a researcher acts in a way to support their prediction

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target population

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the group of people the researcher wants to study

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sample

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a small group of people who present the target population

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random sampling

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a sample technique in which every member of the target population has an equal chance of being chosen

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sampling frame

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a complete list of all members of the target population is obtained

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opportunity sampling

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a technique that involves recruiting anyone who happens to be available at the time of your study

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volunteer sampling

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people actively volunteer to be in a study by responding to a request which has been advertised by researcher

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systematic sampling

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involves selecting names from sampling frame at regular intervals

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stratified sampling

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ppts selected from sub groups. it is in proportion to subgroups frequency in the population

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internal validity

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refers to the extent to which a study establishes a cause and effect relationship between the IV and the DV

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external validity

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refers to the extent the results can be generalised to other settings

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construct validity

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degree to which a test measures what it claims to be measuring

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concurrent validity

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asks whether a measure is in agreement with a pre existing measure that is validated to test for the same concept correlating measures against each other

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predictive validity

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the degree to which a test accurately predicts a criterion that will occur in the future

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