Types of Experiments

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What is a lab experiment
An experiment carried out in a controlled setting where the IV is manipulated. Pts are aware they're being studied.
What is a field experiment?
An experiment conducted in a natural setting where the IV is manipulated. Pts are unaware they're being studied.
Lab experiments evaluation:
High internal validity - EVs can be controlled
High external validity - easily replicable
Low ecological validity - pts are aware they're being watched
Low in mundane realism
Field experiments evaluation:
No demand characteristics
Extraneous variables
Ethical issues
What is a natural experiment?
IV is not directly manipulated
What is a quasi experiment?
IV is naturally occurring (e.g. age, gender)
Natural experiments evaluation:
Allows research where IV can't be manipulated for ethical reasons
High mundane realism & ecological validity
Can't establish cause & effect
Confounding variables

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