What Would Be the Most Likely Threat to Internal Validity

question 116

Multiple Choice

What would be the most likely threat to internal validity for adult's anxiety and depression scores during the decade of 1929-1939, known for the stock market crash?

• A) testing effect
• B) instrumentation
• C) sensitization effect
• D) history

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning is a learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring new behaviors or information through watching and imitating the actions of others, also known as social learning.