A Researcher Is Interested in Examining Whether Offering Children Candy

question 35

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in examining whether offering children candy as an incentive to share will increase preschoolers' sharing behaviour. A group of preschoolers is brought into the laboratory to play with some interesting toys. The preschoolers are split into two groups through random assignment. Group A is told that they will get candy each time they share, and group B is not told anything about candy or sharing. Results indicate that preschoolers in group A share more than do preschoolers in group B, and the researcher concludes that offering children candy for sharing caused the children in group A to share more. Which statement BEST describes a possible limitation of this study?

• A)Children in group A may have been naturally kinder than were children in group B.
• B)Causation cannot be inferred from this type of study.
• C)These findings may not generalize beyond the laboratory setting.
• D)There may be a third-variable problem.

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