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Research Methods Experiments Flashcards

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Experiment Categories

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Laboratory, Field, Quasi, Naturalistic

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Why Laboratory?

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Used to investigate the causes of human behavior

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Laboratory Circumstances

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  • Inside a laboratory, and can control as many variables as possible
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Laboratory Study

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Bandura et al.

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Strengths Laboratory

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  • Maximum Control (isolated from extraneous variables)
  • High Internal Validity
  • Replicated
  • Reliable Results
  • Cause and effect relationship
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Limitations Laboratory

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  • Low ecological validity (no generalizations)
  • Experimental Bias
  • Low External Validity
  • Demand Characteristics
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Field Experiments Definition

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Experiment conducted in a natural setting, but still manipulate the IV

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Why Field Experiment

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  • Allows researchers to study human’s in their natural environment
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Circumstance field

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Conducted in a natural environment

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Strengths of Field

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  • high ecological validity
  • Wide range of variables
  • Natural behavior
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Limitations field

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-Less controlled over variables measured

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Naturalistic Experiment

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  • Uses naturally occurring variables as the IV (not manipulated)
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Why Naturalistic

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when a defined group of individuals in a population have a defined relation to a variable
- unable to investigate relationship in laboratory setting (ethics)

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Naturalistic Circumstance

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Natural setting, no lab or artificial settings

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Naturalistic Strengths

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  • Very High external validity

- No demand characteristics

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Naturalistic Limitations

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  • No control over extraneous variables
  • Cannot fully establish cause and effect relationship
  • Not replicable
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Quasi Experiment

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Change in the IV cannot be manipulated or randomly assigned

-Naturalistic Groupings

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Why Quasi

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Allows to make comparisons between groups

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Strengths quasi

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  • Only method to study certain variables (gender..)
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Limitation quasi

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-No control over participant variables

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