Experiments Flash Cards

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  • Created on: 17-12-18 10:13
Experimental Group
Varies what the group receive so it can be measured and observed.
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Controlled Group
Keep quantity constant but still measuring and observing changes
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Milgram 1974
Studied obedience and authority - lied to participants about the purpose
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Rosehan's 1973 pseudopatient experiment
Pretended to have schizophrenic symptoms but once emitted they didn't complain about symptoms anymore - still treated
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Durkheim 1897 - study of suicide
Argued that Catholicism produced higher levels of integrations than Protestantism
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Harvey and Slatin 1976
Examined whether teachers had preconceived ideas ideas about pupils of different social classes.
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Reliability
Once conducted it can be replicated
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Hawthorne effect
When being studies people behave differently and attempt to second guess what the researcher is trying to achieve
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Ethical issues
Lack of informed consent, deception, harm
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Practical problems
Cannot study the past - impossible to control variables in the past
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Card 2

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Keep quantity constant but still measuring and observing changes

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Controlled Group

Card 3

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Studied obedience and authority - lied to participants about the purpose

Back

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Card 4

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Pretended to have schizophrenic symptoms but once emitted they didn't complain about symptoms anymore - still treated

Back

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Card 5

Front

Argued that Catholicism produced higher levels of integrations than Protestantism

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