One Criticism That Is Made of Many Experimental Studies in Psychology

question 60

Multiple Choice

One criticism that is made of many experimental studies in psychology is that

• A)human behavior is almost impossible to study scientifically.
• B)human behavior is seldom related to animal behavior.
• C)researchers often use convenience samples, which leads to biased sampling.
• D)it is very difficult to separate the effects of independent and dependent variables.

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