The Notion of "The Basic Dilemma of the Social Psychologist

question 125

Multiple Choice

The notion of "the basic dilemma of the social psychologist" refers to

• A) whether or not to conduct ethically questionable research.
• B) the trade-off between internal and external validity.
• C) the trade-off between correlational and experimental research.
• D) the trade-off between independent and dependent variables.
• E) whether or not to use deception in their experiments.

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