Lab Experiments
- Created by: Karen Askew
- Created on: 25-09-16 22:20
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- Lab Experiments
- Takes place in an artificial / controlled environment
- The IV is manipulated by the researcher
- Use standardised procedure to eliminate extraneous variables
- Random Allocation
- Participants are randomly assigned to conditions
- eg. Random number generator or pull names out of a hat
- Independent Variable
- The variable we manipulate
- The Cause
- Dependent Variable
- The variable we measure
- The Effect
- Bower's Experiment 1969
- 2 randomly allocated conditions
- Memory Test
- condition 1: words organised into list
- condition 2: words organised in branches
- Takes place in an artificial / controlled environment
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