A Researcher Wants to Examine the Relation Between Viewing Television

question 66

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to examine the relation between viewing television violence and behaving aggressively.He has participants decide whether they would prefer to view a violent or a nonviolent film,and subsequently records the number of aggressive behaviours they show in a competitive game.The researcher cannot legitimately make a causal statement based on his findings,because the study

• A) lacks external validity.
• B) lacks psychological realism.
• C) is low on mundane realism.
• D) lacks random assignment.
• E) has no cover story.

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