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WorksheetsResearch Methods 1: Experimental Methods & Designs
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following is NOT a type of experimental method?
Laboratory Experiment
Natural Experiment
Comparative Experiment
Field Experiment
Which of the following is NOT true of laboratory experiments?
It is always set in a laboratory
There is a high level of control
Standardised procedures are used
The IV is deliberately manipulated
Which of these points is TRUE of field experiments?
They have greater ecological validity
They are conducted on the field
There is no manipulation of the IV
There is a high level of control
Which TWO answers are definitions of natural/quasi experiments?
Where the IV is manipulated in a natural environment
Where IV is not manipulated by the researchers
Where the IV is naturally occurring
What are demand characteristics?
Experimenter tries influencing participants' behaviours
Participants behave according to what they perceive from the study aim
The demands of a hypothesis which influences the results
What the experimental conditions demand of the participants
Which experimental method would be most difficult to get a sample?
Laboratory Experiment
Field Experiment
Natural/Quasi Experiment
There are no samples in experiments
Which two experimental research methods are the hardest to replicate?
Field Experiments
Laboratory Experiments
Natural/Quasi Experiments
What is meant by an 'experimental design'?
How psychologists design their research schedule
How psychologists gather their sample
How psychologists use participants in their experiments.
The type of experiment used by psychologists
What is a repeated measures design?
Where participants take part in all conditions
Where participants repeat trials within one condition
Where participants only take part in one condition
Where participants repeat what they have said
What are the two types of order effects that could occur in repeated measures designs?
Fatigue and Performance
Fatigue and Forget
Practice and Performance
Fatigue and Practice
What is the purpose of counterbalancing?
To get an even number of participants in each condition
To balance and make demand characteristics less likely to happen
To balance out any order effects
To make the results of the study more reliable
What is an independent measures design?
Where participants only take part in one condition
Where participants are matched on particular characteristics
Where participants take part in all conditions
Where participants do all conditions and repeat after a week
Which TWO points are weaknesses of independent measures designs?
They require more participants so are time consuming
They are likely to result in order effects
They take careful consideration when matching participants
There may be participant variables affecting the results
Which TWO points are true of matched pairs designs?
Participants are matched within a condition
Participants are matched between conditions
Participants take part in one condition
Participants take part in all conditions
What is meant by 'random assignment'?
When participants are randomly allocated into one of the conditions
When the trials within a condition are randomised
When participants are recruited from the population randomly
When the experimenters are picked at random
Which of the following is an example of a participant variable?
Noise levels
Room temperature
Age
Time of day
What is your favourite subject this semester?
Psychology
Psychology
Psychology
Psychology
