Psychology has been studied in many different ways throughout history. For psychologists to observe and collect data, they had to use different methods. Methods such as questionnaires, interviews, case studies, and different types of observations and experiments were and are available. Famous contributors the field of psychology, such as Carl Jung, Stanley Milgram, and more had gained data and observations through experiments. Experiments starts out with a question asked and a hypothesis is made to answer the question. Data and observations are collected through the experiment that can be designed in at least three different kinds. These experiment types include lab experiments and natural experiments. Even though both types have the same goal …show more content…
It is easy to be recreated or, in other words, replicated than any other method of experimentation. It is also cheaper to organize is some cases and because researches have control of time, it is easier to organize and manage time. One very important pro of lab experiments is that it allows researchers to see the cause and effect. Because the independent variable is controlled, researchers can easily conclude if the independent variable is the cause or not. However, there are some problems too. Due to the fact that it is a controlled environment, there may be a chance of the results being far from reality. Furthermore, there are situations when participants have knowledge of the experiment or when the participants try to fake responses to please the researcher and this could cause biased …show more content…
Both of the experiments are a tool to see if the hypothesis of a question is correct or not. It can be just used to collect data too. Both have independent and dependent variables that are being measured by the researchers. Also certain biases or confounding variables (factors that are not independent variables but affect the dependent variable) can occur during both experiments. However, lab experiments are in total control while natural experiments have minimum or no control at all. Lab experiments are widely used to measure a specific behavior while natural experiments observe multiple behaviors that can occur in the environment. Even if the methods have the same goal, it is used in totally different