AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Better than a room full of people: Looking through a one-way mirror is better than having a bunch of people crammed in the same room or looking over a participant’s shoulder. It’s also less distracting for participants because observers aren’t moving around and talking.

Detailed explanation-2: -Uses for One Way Mirrors They are particularly good for observing behaviour without the ‘subject’ being aware of this. Police interview rooms and behavioural experiments would use them. The windows of buildings and cars are sometimes made from one way mirrors. The bright sunlight from outside is the reflective side.

Detailed explanation-3: -One-Way Mirror: A special mirror that permits observers to watch a focus group without the respondents being able to see the observers. Most focus groups are conducted in a room with a one-way mirror and an observation room.

Detailed explanation-4: -In one-way glass, the reflective material is applied less densely. This is called half-silvering. The effect is that the glass is not completely opaque like a traditional mirror. About half the light striking the glass passes through it, and the other half is reflected.