EXPERMENTAL METHOD

Question 1

WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES SHOULD YOU CONSIDER WHEN CONDUCTING YOUR RESEARCH?

Answer 1

• Whether your participant is under 16
• Whether your participant is considered to be apart of a vulnerable group
• Always obtaining valid consent from all participants
• Debriefing participants to avoid deception
• Ensuring they have the right to withdraw

Question 2

AIM

Answer 2

• Statement of what the researcher is indented to find out in a study

Question 3

CONFOUNDING VARIABLE

Answer 3

• Variable that varies with the independent variable and might potentially affect the dependent variable
• This confounds the results

Question 4

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

Answer 4

• Variable that is artificially manipulated by the experimenter to test it’s effect on another variable

Question 5

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Answer 5

• Variable measured by the experimenter

Question 6

HYPOTHESIS

Answer 6

• Precise and testable statement about the assumed relationship between variables

Question 7

OPERATIONALISE

Answer 7

• Ensuring variables are in a form that can be easily tested

Question 8

STANDARDISED PROCEDURES

Answer 8

• Set of procedures that are the same for all participants in order to be repeated in the study

Question 9

EXPERIMENT

Answer 9

• Where casual conclusions can be drawn because an independent variable has been deliberately manipulated to observe casual effect