Dringenberg Et Al

question 168

Multiple Choice

Dringenberg et al.'s experiment at Queen's University using pregnant guinea pigs to establish a causal relationship between fetal alcohol exposure and later neurological and behavioural deficits was limited in that:

• A)the guinea pig offspring were not randomly assigned to experimental and control groups.
• B)humans react differently to alcohol than guinea pigs do.
• C)results from experiments on guinea pigs may not generalize to humans.
• D)there was no control for the gender of the guinea pigs and alcohol absorption.

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