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PSYCH 213W Control Notes

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This comprehensive and detailed notes discusses the various types of control, their purposes, importance, and application in psychological experimentation. *Essential Study Material!! *For you!!

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Experimental group

● Participants in an experiment who receives the treatment

● Example

○ Testing effects of caffeine on exam scores

■ Group A

■ Consumes caffeine (treatment) before taking the exam

● If two groups are equal before experimental treatment is implemented, then any

changes that occur post-experiment can be attributed to the treatment

(independent variable)



Control group

● Serves as the basics of comparison in a between-subject design

● Similar to the experimental group except doesn't receive treatment

● Example

○ In the caffeine and exam score study, the control condition

■ Wouldn't receive any caffeine (absence of treatment)

■ Or might receive significantly less caffeine than the experimental

group



Control condition

● Condition in a within-subject design that doesn’t receive experimental

manipulation

○ Similar in some ways to the control group in a between-subject experiment

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