To Study the Effects of Aging,Professor Drake Compares the Reaction

question 75

Multiple Choice

To study the effects of aging,Professor Drake compares the reaction times of 60-year-olds with those of 30-year-olds.She tests all younger subjects in the morning,and all older subjects in the afternoon.She concludes that aging causes a decline in the speed of responses.This study lacks ________ because of potential ________.

• A) external validity; demand characteristics
• B) external validity; confounds
• C) internal validity; demand characteristics
• D) internal validity; confounds

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Compare economic growth rates and development statuses of different countries over time.

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