Research methods - experiments revision

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This is a type of experiment used by sociologists, that is favoured by natural scientists for discovering laws of cause and effect
laboratory
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this group is given varying degrees of the variable under investigation, then any changes are measured and recorded
experimental
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this is given the same amount of the variable under investigation, changes are also recorded
control
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experiments can be easily replicated and repeated in exactly every detail, this means they are very...
reliable
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in lab experiments the researcher simply manipulates the variables and records the results, this means it is a _________ method
detached
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this is often hard to gain from vulnerable groups such as children or the mentally ill
informed consent
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what you cause if you mislead people regarding the nature of the experiment
deception
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Milgrams study of obedience was accused of causing this
harm
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The name of the phenomenon whereby respondents behave in a manner that they think the researcher expects them to
Hawthorne effect
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this group of people favor lab experiments because they are highly reliable
positivists
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this group of people reject lab experiments because they lack validity and produce unnatural behavior
interpretivists
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a type of experiment that takes place in the subjects natural surroundings while the subjects are usually unaware that they are being studied
field
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this method of experiment is carried out in the mind of the researcher and does not involve real people at all
comparative
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This is an classic example of the comparative method of experiments, that was conducted by a famous functionalist
Durkheims study of suicide
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