Psychology

Psychology
Introducing key terms Experimental design

WJEC EDUQAS

Read the words and discuss what you think they might mean before revealing the definition.

Independent groups — An experimental design where participants take part in only one experimental condition.

Repeated measures — An experimental design where participants take part in both the control and experimental conditions.

Matched pairs — A form of independent groups design where the experimental and control participants are deliberately similar e.g. there is a balance between gender and IQ levels in each group/condition.