AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Field experiments are studies using experimental design that occur in a natural setting. Researchers examine how the manipulation of at least one independent variable leads to a change in a dependent variable in the context of the natural environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Field Experiment Field experiments are done in the everyday (i.e. real life) environment of the participants. The experimenter still manipulates the independent variable, but in a real-life setting (so cannot really control extraneous variables). An example is Holfing’s hospital study on obedience.

Detailed explanation-3: -Field Experiments These are carried out in a natural setting, in which the researcher manipulates something (I.V.) to see the effect of this on something else (D.V.).

Detailed explanation-4: -Natural experiments are observational studies which can be undertaken to assess the outcomes and impacts of policy interventions. They are often possible where there is a divergence in law, policy or practice between nations, regions or other political, jurisdictional or social units.

Detailed explanation-5: -Field experiments take place in real world settings, using people who often don’t realise they are in an experiment. Natural experiments do not manipulate the IV. Instead, they study what happens to the DV when the IV changes naturally.