Stimuli Flashcards
1
Q
What is stimulus?
A
what delivers the manipulation hypothesized to cause some effect
1
Q
How are stimuli created?
A
- based on theoretical principles
- designed to demonstrate the theory being tested/ employed
- quality of stimuli has direct effect on experiment outcome
2
Q
What is statistical control?
A
when it’s not possible or desirable to control for something in the stimuli, measure and use it as a covariate
3
Q
What is experimental control?
A
when stimulus itself is designed to be free confounds
4
Q
What are common mistakes with stimuli?
A
- not using stimuli that looks realistic
- using one stimulus rather than many
- not including psychological states as mediators in the actual study
