EXPERIMENTAL TYPES TERMS

Question 1

Define controls

Answer 1

• Measures introduced by researchers that ensure that extraneous variables are minimized (during an experiment)

Question 2

Standardisation

Answer 2

• The use of exactly the same formalised procedures and instructions for all ppts .
• To ensure any differences across conditions are due to the effect of the IV and not differences in the way ppts were treated.

Question 2

Reliability definition

Answer 2

The extent to which a procedure, task or measure is consistent

Question 3

Validity

Answer 3

Validity: is the extent to which a test or task measures what is claims to measure

Question 4

Pilot study

Answer 4

• A small scale preliminary study
• Conducted to evaluate the feasibility and validity of the procedure and its materials.
• Allows for researchers to improve the studies design prior

Question 5

Replication

Answer 5

• Keeping the procedure and materials exactly the same between studies
• when attempting to verify results

Question 6

Placebo

Answer 6

• A treatment or pill given to a patient with no active ingredients or therapeutic value
• But is administered as the real treatment

Question 7

Generalisability

Answer 7

• The application of a studies findings to a other situation or population

Question 8

Ecological validity

Answer 8

• The extent to which the research behavior predicts real-world behavior in real world settings

influenced by whether the task, procedure has mundane realism