Professor Ronald Ronaldson Conducted an Experiment to Test Changes in Sex

question 69

Multiple Choice

Professor Ronald Ronaldson conducted an experiment to test changes in sex roles.The experimental group read 15 articles about the achievements of great and wonderful women.The control group read 15 articles about cooking,automobiles,astronomy,and accounting.During the lunch break,subjects from the experimental and control groups met and talked about what they were reading.What internal validity problem may occur?

• A)Testing
• B)Maturation
• C)Diffusion of treatment
• D)Experimental mortality
• E)Hawthorne effect

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