The basic dilemma of the social psychologist is that
a. it is hard to teach social psychology to students because most people believe strongly in personality.
b. there is a trade-off between internal and external validity in most experiments.
c. it is nearly impossible to use a random selection of the population in laboratory experiments.
d. almost all social behavior is influenced by the culture in which people grew up.
Answer: B
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