GCSE 11 Types of Experiment

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) lab experiment

,

(b) field experiment

,

(c) natural experiment

• most likely have a lack of control because setting is always natural

• has a true IV and happens in an artifical setting

• usually happen in a natural setting

• greatest level of control

• cause and effect cannot be established

• can take place in a controlled setting

• does not have a true IV

• results are more likely to lack ecological validity

• most ecological validity as study always happens in natural setting

• has a true IV and happen in s natural setting

• ethical as the experimenter is not intervening

Which type of experiment was used in the Study by Piaget & Inhelder?

• lab

• field

• natural

Which type of experiment was used in the Study by Dweck (puzzle experiment)?

• lab

• field

• natural

Which type of experiment was used in the Study by Gunderson?

• lab

• field

• natural

Which type of experiment was used in the study by Peterson & Peterson?

• lab

• field

• natural

Bouchard compared the IQ scores or identical twins to non-identical twins. Bouchard found that identical twins were more likely to have a similar IQ to each other than non-identical twins. This is an example of which type of experiment?

• lab

• field

• natural

Er interviewed participants following an earthquake that occurred in Turkey. They assessed how well they recalled the natural disaster. It was found that participants who reported being more emotionally affected by the earthquake tended to have better memory of the event. Which type of experiment is this an example of?

• lab

• field

• natural

The study by Peterson & Peterson was able to have high levels of ​ (a)   because the study happened in ​ (b)   setting. An example of a control variable in the study was the material the participants had to recall, as it was always 3 random ​ (c)   . The study found memory had rapidly decays by ​ (d)   seconds however this results might lack ​ (e)   validity. Duration might be longer if the stimuli participants were asked to recall was more meaningful.

• control
• an artificial
• a natural
• letters
• digits
• 18
• 12
• ecological
• population
• construct