Experiments

Question 1

Confederate

Answer 1

A person who us aware of the experiment and works for the researchers. They are used to manipulate social situations as part of the research design

Question 2

Demand characteristics

Answer 2

If you the participant is aware that they are in an experiment sometimes they change there behaviour and try to guess the aim of the experiment (which ruins the experiment)

Question 3

External validity

Answer 3

Can we generalise from our results

Question 4

Longitudinal study

Answer 4

A study conducted over a long period of time with the same participants

Question 5

Generalise

Answer 5

Do they represent the whole population?

Question 6

Internal validity

Answer 6

Are we measuring what we intend to measure?

Question 7

Participant variables

Answer 7

Individual differences between participants eg. Age, memory

Question 8

Temporal validity

Answer 8

Can we generalise to other time periods or today’s society?

Question 9

Confounding variables

Answer 9

Any variable that varies systematically with independent variable

Question 10

Mundane realism

Answer 10

Can it be applied to everyday life?

Question 11

Natural behaviour

Answer 11

How they behave naturally in a natural environment

Question 12

Dependent variable

Answer 12

Thing that’s measured

Question 13

Independent variable

Answer 13

Thing that’s changed