Conducting an Experiment


	Conducting an Experiment
	Advantages the control of extraneous variables means it is easier to identify cause and effect Experiments are controlled and standardised so the can be replicated by other researches Experiments are objective because procedures are set up so that biases from the researcher are not present	Disadvantages the setting can be very artificial and the tasks unrealistic meaning there can be a lack of ecological validity participants usually know they are in an experiment and this could affect their behaviour
	Evaluation

the control of extraneous variables means it is easier to identify cause and effect
Experiments are controlled and standardised so the can be replicated by other researches
Experiments are objective because procedures are set up so that biases from the researcher are not present

the setting can be very artificial and the tasks unrealistic meaning there can be a lack of ecological validity
participants usually know they are in an experiment and this could affect their behaviour

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