Experiment 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyResearch methods and techniquesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: elikaabtahiCreated on: 11-11-16 13:39 Experiments conducted in artificial environments Laboratory 1 of 28 Only experiments allow you to establish it Cause and effect 2 of 28 How similar to real life the research is Ecological Validity 3 of 28 Participants trying to work out purpose of study and behaving differently Demand Characteristics 4 of 28 A group of participants exposed to one variation of the IV condition 5 of 28 Solution to order effects counter balancing 6 of 28 Solution to participant variables randomisation 7 of 28 Solution to experimenter bias confederate 8 of 28 Other variables that are controlled so they don't affect the DV extraneous 9 of 28 Stating clearly how a variable will be manipulated (IV) or measured (DV) Operationalising 10 of 28 A variable we couldn't or didn't control, reducing the validity confounding 11 of 28 Predicting that the IV will have an effect on the DV Two tailed hypothesis 12 of 28 Predicting specifically how the IV will affect the DV one tailed hypothesis 13 of 28 Predicting that the IV will have no effect on the DV null hypothesis 14 of 28 Word that should be used in every hypothesis significant 15 of 28 The set of people researchers want to find out about Target population 16 of 28 A small set of people taken from the target population Sample 17 of 28 How well a sample reflects the target population representative 18 of 28 Sample is made of people from one gender Gender bias 19 of 28 biased towards men (more men) androcentric 20 of 28 biased towards women (more women) estrocentric 21 of 28 Sample is too focused on one culture cultural bias 22 of 28 biased towards one culture/ethnicity ethnocentric 23 of 28 Can we generalise results from our sample to the target population? population validity 24 of 28 Data that occurs in frequencies or categories Nominal 25 of 28 Data that occurs in ranks or that can be placed in order from highest to lowest Ordinal 26 of 28 Data in units of equal size eg.time interval 27 of 28 Experiments using naturally occurring independent variables Quasi 28 of 28
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