Laboratory experiments
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Practical advantages of lab experiments?
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costs are likely to be low
costs are likely to be low
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Ethical advantages of lab experiments?
Consent easily obtained
Easy to ensure anonymity
Easy to ensure anonymity
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Are lab experiments a reliable method?
Due to high control over variables lab experiments can easily be repeated
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Which theoretical perspective would favour lab experiments?
Positivists - highly scientific method which allows for high levels of researcher control and the ability to produce quantitative data
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Practical disadvantages of lab experiments?
Time consuming
Many researcher skills required to carry out
Many researcher skills required to carry out
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Ethical disadvantages of lab experiments?
Potential lack of informed consent
Participants may feel unable to withdraw
Harm may be caused to participants
Participants may feel unable to withdraw
Harm may be caused to participants
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Why might lab experiments lack validity?
The Hawthorne effect
Artificial environment is likely to make people feel less comfortable and therefore change their behaviour
Artificial environment is likely to make people feel less comfortable and therefore change their behaviour
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Why might lab experiments be unrepresentative?
Small sample size will not be representative and generalisations cannot be made
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Which theoretical perspective would not favour lab experiments?
Interpretivists - experiments an inappropriate method to use to explore human behaviour