Demand Characteristics Lower the Internal Validity of an Experiment Because

question 98

Multiple Choice

Demand characteristics lower the internal validity of an experiment because:

• A)participants may change their normal behaviour by trying to intentionally confirm the experimenter's hypothesis.
• B)they limit the external validity of the study.
• C)participants used in the experiment are no longer representative as they have participated in the experimental methods.
• D)the experiment can no longer use random assignment.

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