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key descriptions and evaluations
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- 1what is a laboratory experiment?Carried out in an artificial controlled setting. the independent variable (IV) manipulated in some way and the dependent variable (DV) is recorded
- 2what are the advantages and disadvantages of labratory experimants?advantages: good controls, replicable, high reliability
disadvantages: some participant variables, low validity. experimenter effects - 3what is a field experiment?carried out in the field, (school, hospital) more natural, still have control over some variables.
- 4what are the advantages and disadvantages of field experiments?advantages: more ecologically valid, fairly replicable
disadvantages: hard to control so less valid - 5what is a natural experiment?more natural, more ethical, loss of control over variables, less reliable
- 6what are the advantages and disadvantages of Natural Experiments?advantages: high ecologically validity
disadvantages: less reliable as some IVs are naturally occurring - 7what two ways can surveys be carried out?surveys can be carried out using interviews or questionnaires
- 8give the thre different way of structuring a survey/interview?structured - planned questions throughout
unstructured - theme is planned but questions follow from what is being said
semi structured - half planned and half exploring - 9what is the purpose of a questionnaire?the purpose of a questionnaire is to gather personal data using open, closed and likert scale questions
- 10what are the advantages and disadvantages of a questionnaire?advantages: reliable and avoids bias. can be repeated and use large samples. ppts can see what is asked so gove informed consent, quick and cheap
disadvantages: poor response rate, ppts may give soical desirable answers, lacking validity as may not be truthful, closed questions mean data is lost - 11—
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- A level Psychology Flashcards on key descriptions and evaluations , created by Amy Harwood on 07/04/2017.
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