Stephen Is Studying Sex Differences in Helping Behavior but He

question 24

Multiple Choice

Stephen is studying sex differences in helping behavior but he only measures heroic or chivalrous types of helping behaviors. He concludes that men are far more likely to help than women. What is one possible critique of Stephen's study?

• A) He did not collect a representative sample.
• B) He only measured male gendered types of helping behavior.
• C) The dependent measures he chose are irrelevant to every day helping.
• D) He did not randomly assign participants to different types of helping contexts.

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