Types of Experiment

Question 1

What is a Laboratory Experiment?

Answer 1

Controlled IV (researcher has created the conditions in the study) in a controlled setting (artificial)

Question 2

What is a field experiment?

Answer 2

Controlled IV (researcher created conditions) in a natural setting (“real world”)

Not particularly ethical

Question 3

What is a natural experiment?

Answer 3

Naturally occurring IV (conditions in the study were not created by the researcher - they were natural occurring)

Question 4

What is meant by high internal validity?

Answer 4

because of the highly controlled nature of the study, we can be confident that the IV is the thing that cause the change in the DV

Question 5

What is meant by high mundane realism?

Answer 5

the stimulus materials (tasks) given to the participants in the study are realistic and like something they would do in the real world

Question 6

What is meant by high population validity?

Answer 6

there is a wide range of participants used in the study (different ages/cultures/genders etc)