When Latané and Darley replicated their experiment on helping behaviors as a field experiment, they had two burly men steal a case of beer from a convenience store, and then measured the number of customers who reported the robbery
Why would they replicate their laboratory study in a field setting?
a. to ensure psychological realism
b. to enhance internal validity
c. to enhance external validity
d. to test the p-value
Answer: C
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