Which Statement Is Not True About Laboratory Experiments

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not true about laboratory experiments?

• A)The laboratory environment offers a high degree of control because it isolates the experiment in a carefully monitored environment.
• B)The artificiality of the environment may cause reactive error,in that the respondents react to the situation itself,rather than to the independent variable.
• C)Laboratory experiments are likely to have higher external validity than field experiments.
• D)Laboratory experiments allow for more complex designs than field experiments.

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Definitions:

Psychological Research

The scientific study of human behavior, emotions, and mental processes through systematic observation, experimentation, and analysis.

Double-Blind Study

An experiment in which neither the people being studied nor the individuals running the study know who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group until after the results are tallied.

Observational Study

A research method where the researcher observes subjects in their natural environment without intervention.

Systematically Watches

The act of observing or monitoring something in a methodical and organized manner.