Types of experiment

Question 1

what are the different tyoes of experiments

Answer 1

• laboratory
• field
• natural
• Quasi

Question 2

explain what laboratory experiments entail

Answer 2

• conducted in highly controlled environments
• doesn’t always have to be a lab- can also be a classroom for example

Question 3

explain what a field experiment entails

Answer 3

• The IV is manipulated in a natural, more everyday setting
• the researcher goes to the participants usual environment rather than, in a lab experiment researchers going to a lab

Question 4

explain what a natural experiment entails.

Answer 4

• the researcher measures the effect the IV has on the DV
• The researcher has no control over the IV and therefore doesn’t change it
• e.g. before a natural disaster
• IV and DV are naturally occurring.

Question 5

explain what a quasi experiment entails.

Answer 5

• the IV is based on an already existing difference between people (e.g. age/gender)
• no one has manipulated this variable, it simply exists unlike a natural experiment
• the independent variable cannot be changed
• the DV may be naturally occurring.