One limitation of naturalistic experiments is that
A) they tell us nothing about cause-and-effect relationships.
B) they are often biased by researcher expectations.
C) researchers cannot assign large numbers of participants to long-term living situations.
D) researchers carry them out in a laboratory, which may not reflect real-life situations.
Ans: C) researchers cannot assign large numbers of participants to long-term living situations.
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a. understand other people's feelings and beliefs. b. make good career choices for oneself. c. regulate one's emotional responses. d. solve formal-operational problems.
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a. controlling the skeletal muscles. b. sending sensory input to the brain. c. making choices and decisions. d. the activity of internal organs and glands.
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a) free recall. b) recognition. c) serial recall. d) paired-associate learning.
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a) circadian rhythm. b) hypothalamic phases. c) metabolism. d) transduction.