WorksheetsBASIC TENETS OF EXPERIMENTAL METHOD
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The systematic manipulation of some factors in the environment to observe the effect of this manipulation on behavior
experimentation
tenet 2
experiment
research experiment
Conducted under highly controlled conditions where getting precise/accurate measures are possible
field experiment
natural experiment
experimental psychology
laboratory experiment
inputs to the process. Factors can be classified as either controllable or uncontrollable variables.
purpose of experimentation
levels
factors
response
Conducted as part of the day-to-day life of the participants
Experimenters are still in control of the exogenous variable under study but do not have control of the other extraneous variables
field experiment
natural experiment
research experiment
laboratory experiment
A process undertaken to test a prediction (hypothesis) that particular behavioral events will occur reliably in certain, specifiable situations
experimentation
research
factorial design
experiment
Experimenters are not in control of the exogenous variable (IV) and other extraneous variables
natural experiment
laboratory experiment
factorial design
multiple measures design
what is NOT in the objectives of the experimenters
Balancing Trade Offs
Achieving an Optimal Process Output (Response)
Reducing Variability
Minimizing, Maximizing, or associating an Output (Response)
Before conducting any experiment, you need to examine previously conducted studies on the subject to see what has already been done
references
reconnaissance
sources
primary materials
Also known as demographic or attribute variable
exogenous variable
endogenous variable
organismic variable
dependent variable
Refers to the measured factor in the experimental studies
independent variable
confounding variables
dependent variable
organismic variable
Also known as the particular definition
operational definition
Conceptual definitions
Measuring endogenous variables
stipulative definition
#1: The experiment uses topics gleaned from other related and allied branches/disciplines
#2: The experiment is composed of/affected by certain variables.
#3: The experiment can be specifically designed depending on the objectives of the experimenters.
#4: The experiment can be conducted in different variations/ways
#5: The experiment uses statistical analysis and experiential analysis toward the holistic sense-making of experimental results.
5, 4 , 2, 1
4, 3, 2, 1, 5
2, 3 1, 4 ,5
2, 4 , 5, 1 , 3
what experiment is this: The more witnesses there are to an accident or a crime, the less likely any of them is to help the victim
stanford prison experiment
classical conditional experiment
the bystander effect experiment
holdings hospital experiment
output of the experiment.
purpose of experimentation
factors
levels
response
“nuisance” variable
IV
DV
Extraneous
endogenous
Are without numerical or quantitative properties
and is Considered as the lowest level of measurement
ordinal
nominal
ratio
interval
is information that can be measured on a continuum or scale
continuous
discrete
categorial
quantitative
Provides the best match to the real number system because it has a true zero point
ratio
interval
ordinal
nominal
Provides the magnitude which allows ranking or ordering of a group of people
ratio
ordinal
nominal
interval
extraneous variables that vary with the levels of the independent variable are the most dangerous type in terms of challenging the validity of experimental results
extraneous
organismic
confounding
dependent
