Consider the Following Survey Item: "Most People Agree with the Following

question 136

Multiple Choice

Consider the following survey item: "Most people agree with the following statement.Do you agree or disagree that parents should be held financially responsible for their children's vandalism?" Most social psychologists would not include such an item on their surveys because

• A)such survey questions can bias people's responses.
• B)opinion questions on surveys are seldom straightforward.
• C)adults without children will give biased responses.
• D)this is not a topic social psychologists would be interested in.
• E)parents of children do not represent the entire population.

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