A-The experimental method:EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS

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What is a dependant variable?
A variable that is measured and changes are predicted to be cause by the independent variable
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What are the different levels of the IV?
The different conditions udner which participants are tested in an experiment which are changed
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What is the variable causing the change?
Independent variable
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What is the experimental design?
The different ways that participants are allocated to the levels of the IV
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What is the independent measures design?
An experimental design in which different participants are used for each level of the IV
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What is the repeated measures design?
An experimental design in which each participant performs in each level of the IV
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What is a matched participants design/
An experimental design in which participants are matched
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What is an advantage to the independent measures design?
Participants would only see the experimental setting once
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What are demand characteristics?
The features of an experimental setting that indicate to the participant the aim of the experiment
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What are examples of order effects
Practice and fatigue effect
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What is counterbalancing?
Used to overcome order effects in a repeated measures design
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What Does a matched participants design achieve?
Overcomes problems associated with both independent and repeated measures designs
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