Scenario 2 a Researcher Was Interested in the Effects of Mood on Mood

question 45

Multiple Choice

Scenario 2
A researcher was interested in the effects of mood on aggression.She decided to see how receiving an insult or a compliment affects aggression,and she measured aggression by having participants administer small shocks to another participant.The researcher found that participants in the insult condition were more aggressive than those in the compliment condition.
-Refer to Scenario 2.A reviewer might be concerned that people in the insult condition were more naturally aggressive than people in the compliment condition,causing the differences observed by the researcher.In which of the following cases would this be a valid concern?

• A) if participants were not a representative sample of the population
• B) if participants were not randomly assigned to the condition
• C) if participants were not randomly selected from the population
• D) if participants were not evenly divided by gender

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