REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

An experiment is a research method used by psychologists which involves the manipulation of variables in order to establish ...........
1. Fish and chips
2. The IV and the DV
3. Cause and Effect
4. whether psychology is a science
An experiment involves the deliberate manipulation of one variable. What is the name give to this variable?
1. The Independent Variable (IV)
2. The Confounding Variable
3. The Dependent Variable (DV)
4. The Experimental Variable
The name given to an experiment carried out in an environment which is well controlled would be ..............
1. A Quasi Experiment
2. A Field Experiment
3. A Natural Experiment
4. A Laboratory Experiment
The researcher will measure a change in behaviour by looking at which variable?
1. The Extraneous Variable
2. The Dependent Variable (DV)
3. The Independent Variable (IV)
4. The Constant Variable
In some experiments ethical guidelines may be broken. Which guideline refers to not harming participants either mentally or physically in an experiment?
1. Protection
2. Privacy
3. Parental consent
4. Withdrawal
Which ethical guideline must be adhered to after the experiment has taken place?
1. Deception
2. Decoding
3. Debriefing
4. Confidentiality
Which of the following would NOT be a real world situation in which a field experiment could be carried out?
1. classroom
2. subway
3. laboratory
4. college canteen
Which type of experiment involves an IV which occurs naturally, e.g. gender.
1. Natural
2. Field
3. Uncontrolled
4. Quasi
In the following experiment what would be the DV?
A study to test whether red pens write faster than black pens.
1. The colour of the pen
2. The type of pen used
3. The speed at which the pen writes
4. The neatness of the handwriting
In the following study, what would the IV be?
A study to test whether students born between September and February do better on a memory test than students born between March and August.
1. The Student's score on the memory test
2. The month the student was born in
3. The speed at which the student can memorise the words
4. The time of day the student was born