Social Psychologists Seldom Address the Question of External Validity by Conducting

question 156

Multiple Choice

Social psychologists seldom address the question of external validity by conducting their experiments on random samples of people from all over.All of the following are reasons for this except

• A) experiments capture general psychological processes experienced by all people.
• B) social psychologists are content with doing inexact science.
• C) it is expensive to get a random sample of people to participate in research.
• D) it is pragmatically difficult to get a random sample of people to participate in research.

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Definitions:

Periodic Inventory System

A method of inventory valuation in which updates to inventory levels and cost of goods sold are made periodically, such as at the end of the fiscal year.

Gross Method

An accounting approach for recording purchases at the invoice’s gross amount without deducting any cash discounts for early payment.

Merchandise

Goods bought and sold in the course of business operations.

Periodic Inventory System

An accounting system that records inventory purchases during the accounting period but waits until the end of the period to adjust the inventory balances and record cost of goods sold.