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An experimenter is interested in the influence of taking a one-semester-long test preparation course on performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) . She contacts high school students who have and who have not taken the course and compares their scores on the SAT exam. She finds that the students who have taken the course score significantly higher on the test. Which of the following represents the principal threat to the internal validity of this experiment?


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Psycholinguistic Theory

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Empiricist Theory

A theory suggesting that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience and that human understanding and ideas grow from such experience.

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The belief in the superiority of one's own language over others, often leading to discrimination or prejudice against speakers of other languages.

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