Evaluating the Experiment from the Inside: Internal Validity Orne's (1969)

question 62

Multiple Choice

Evaluating the Experiment from the Inside: Internal Validity Orne's (1969) "pact of ignorance" shows how validity issues can be hard to resolve because of

• A)confounding.
• B)demand characteristics.
• C)experimenter bias.
• D)reactive measurements.

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Adaptive Functioning

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Intelligence

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