Experiments
- Created by: georgiamckibbin
- Created on: 20-02-17 19:37
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- Experiments
- Laboratory Experimetns
- Controlled setting
- Unnatural
- Highly scientific
- Direct manipulation of an independent variable
- Control
- Control group
- Baseline measure
- Randomization
- Participants are randomly allocated to conditions
- Ensure that extraneous variables have no influence
- Standardisation
- same procedures for all participants
- Controlled setting
- Field Experiments
- Controlled Studies
- Natural Settings
- Measure natural behaviour
- Participants are often unaware
- Pilavin et al (1969) train
- Natural Experiments
- Pre-existing independent variable
- Independent Variable is natural
- Can be in a laboratory
- Quasi Experiments
- Independent variable is based on an existing difference between people
- The independent variable hasn't been manipulated, it simply exists
- Laboratory Experimetns
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