Many Environmental Psychologists Have Turned Away from Laboratory Studies and Have

question 20

Multiple Choice

Many environmental psychologists have turned away from laboratory studies and have turned towards field studies because of

• A) the problem of establishing variable representativeness in the laboratory.
• B) the greater flexibility for conducting experiments in the field.
• C) experimenter bias.
• D) ethical issues.

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