The biggest flaw in the "swinging bridge" study is the fact that
A. people were coerced into participating in the experiment.
B. men were not randomly assigned to the safe or scary bridges.
C. the participants did not include women.
D. outside the laboratory, it is too difficult to control for so many different variables.
Answer: B
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