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AS Psychology

AS Psychology. Evaluating Experimental Techniques. AS Psychology. By the end of this lesson you should. Be able to describe 3 different types of experiment in Psychology. Be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each.

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AS Psychology

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  1. AS Psychology Evaluating Experimental Techniques

  2. AS Psychology By the end of this lesson you should... • Be able to describe 3 different types of experiment in Psychology • Be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each • Be able to explain the terms: Reliability, Validity and Replication

  3. AS Psychology Reliability & Validity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgdV4SGkD9E

  4. AS Psychology In your groups: Discuss and generate a working definition of: Reliability Validity Replication

  5. AS Psychology Reliability Is your measurement accurate? • Test – Retest method? • Inter-rater reliability?

  6. AS Psychology Validity Have you measured what you thought you were going to measure? • Also, does your result have Ecological Validity?

  7. AS Psychology Replication If your experiment is Valid and Reliable, it could be done again and get the same result?

  8. AS Psychology In your groups: • Discuss and come up with a situation in which your measurement is: • Reliable but NOT Valid • Valid but NOT Reliable

  9. AS Psychology Types of experiments… • In your groups, read and prepare to report on: • Rosenthal & Fode (Lab experiment) or • Rosenthal & Jacobsen (Field experiment) or • Charlton et al (Natural experiment) • Page 19

  10. AS Psychology Now evaluate the study Use the information on page 18 to evaluate the study you have been looking at What are the strengths and weaknesses of each type of experiment? Prepare to feed back your answer

  11. AS Psychology Round-up Think of a question for someone in the group…

  12. AS Psychology Homework! Design, carry out and write up an experiment You will need to cover ALL 7 of the components of an experiment Use the correct terminology!!! Deadline is Monday 20th September

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