Lesson objective | To explore lab experiments |
Lesson outcomes | • Assess when and how to use them • Analyse their usefulness • Explain what lab experiments are |
For your introduction, you need to always mention:
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What, who, why
What
A Lab experiment is a test performed in a controlled setting with the aim of measuring two variables.
Who and Why.
Positivists tend to use lab experiments because of high reliability.
Evaluation
BANDURA (1961) measured how violent children could be through imitation. Although his findings were widely well accepted, an ethical issue arose about whether children could give informed consent.