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what is a laboratory experiment? |
conducted in highly controlled conditions in laboratory conditions |
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what are 2 strengths of a laboratory experiment? |
have high levels of control so extraneous variables are avoided high control leads to standardisation |
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what 2 weakness of a laboratory experiment? |
low EV as the situation is not real life so harder to generalise results low in mundane realsim and not representitive of a task completed in everyday life |
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what is a field experiment |
conducted in the participants own environment |
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what are 2 strengths of a field experiment? |
high in EV because its conducted in the natural environment as they act normally may not know they are being studies so may not respond to demand characteristics |
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what are 2 weaknesses of a field experiment? |
they cannot isolate the IV to measure the DV accuratly ethical issues regarding consent and withdraw |
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what is a quasi experiment? |
the independent variable is naturally occurring and is not manipulated |
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what is a strength of a quasi experiment? |
the IV is not manipulated so there is less control making it more EV |
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what is a weakness of a quasi experiment? |
the researcher has to wait for the conditions to happen naturally |
