Types Of Experiments

Question 1

What are the 4 types of experiments?

Answer 1

*Laboratory
*Field
*Natural
*Quasi

Question 2

What is a laboratory experiment?

Answer 2

Somewhere purposely set up for the study

Question 3

What is a field experiment?

Answer 3

Natural setting for ppts

Question 4

What is a natural experiment?

Answer 4

*IV arises naturally e.g covid
*But DV can still be measured in a laboratory or any other location

Question 5

What is a quasi experiment?

Answer 5

*Not a ‘true’ experiment =researcher has not deliberately manipulated IV
*Ppts randomly allocated

Question 6

What is a strength of a laboratory experiment?

Answer 6

*High levels of control
*High internal validity
*Access to large equipment

Question 7

What is a strength of a field experiment?

Answer 7

*High ecological validity
*Demand characteristics reduced

Question 8

What is a strength of a natural experiment?

Answer 8

*Study real life
*Behaviour=higher external validity

Question 9

What is a strength of quasi experiment?

Answer 9

*Study real life=higher external validity

Question 10

What is a weakness of both natural and quasi experiments?

Answer 10

*Threat to internal validity=less control over extraneous variables