AP PSYCHOLOGY

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RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the method? Where the IV has NOT been deliberately manipulated by the experimenter so the situation is described as ‘natural’. These are therefore not ‘true’experiments because of this.
A
True experiment
B
Case study
C
Field experiment
D
Quasi or Natural experiment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An experiment is a type of empirical study that features the manipulation of an independent variable, the measurement of a dependent variable, and control of extraneous variables.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cross-sectional research It studies the experiment by comparing two already existing groups. This comparison is done at the same time. As it is a non-experimental design, it does not involve the manipulation of independent variables and does not assign participants randomly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-experimental research is research that lacks the manipulation of an independent variable. Rather than manipulating an independent variable, researchers conducting non-experimental research simply measure variables as they naturally occur (in the lab or real world).

Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, in experiments, a researcher manipulates an independent variable to determine if it causes a change in the dependent variable. As we learned earlier in a descriptive study, variables are not manipulated.

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