A person claims in a newspaper article that he has improved his memory by taking megavitamins. Psychologists would be skeptical of this finding because:

A. the data were presented in the form of a testimonial
B. megavitamins have been proven to have no effect on memory
C. a great deal of what is printed in the newspaper is not true
D. memory cannot be improved


Answer: A

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