EXPERIMENTS

In an experiment, the researcher identifies and controls all possible _________

By manipulating the variables and observing what happens, what can the researcher discover?

What are the two main type of experiment?

Which situations do 'field experiments' take place in?

What is it more difficult for the researcher to do in field experiments?

A lab experiment gives the researcher more control over variables but the results are more ________

What positivist requirement do experiments meet?

Why do positivists find lab experiments particularly reliable?

What does using standardised methods and quantitative data allow positivists to make about society?

What do interpretivists argue experiments lack?

What are the 5 main disadvantages of laboratory experiments?

Why is it doubtful that the results of lab experiments can be applied to the real social world?

What is meant by validity?

Under what conditions are laboratory experiments effective?

Why is it hard to identify and control all variables?

Why may a researcher not want/be able to gain informed consent?

What is another ethical issue surrounding lab experiments?

What is the Hawthorne effect?

What affect does the Hawthorne effect have on validity and why?

Why do lab experiments have limited application?

What does this mean is excluded?

In a field experiment, individuals are usually ________ that an experiment is taking place

What do field experiments try to avoid?

What are the two main advantages of field experiments?

What are the three main disadvantages with field experiments?

Why is it harder to control all the variables in a field experiment?

Give 2 examples of what it is possible to study using field experiments

Field experiments only tend to measure what people do and not ___ ____ __ __

Why cant informed consent be obtained in a field experiment?