Why Might an Experimenter Choose to Use a Behavioral Measure

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Multiple Choice

Why might an experimenter choose to use a behavioral measure of the dependent variable rather than a self-report measure?

• A) Studies in which participants know they are being evaluated are too artificial to be informative.
• B) It is impossible to empirically investigate what a person is thinking.
• C) Self-report measures are only appropriate for nonexperimental designs.
• D) Self-report measures are more susceptible to social desirability biases.

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