The Notion of "The Basic Dilemma of the Social Psychologist

question 163

Multiple Choice

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

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

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Definitions:

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Matching Pairs

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