Most studies in adult development and aging have been conducted on middle-class European Americans. This brings into question whether these types of samples are
a. representative of the larger population.
b. assessed using reliable measures.
c. biased in their results because they rely on naturalistic observation as opposed to experimental design.
d. biased in their self-reports.
ANSWER: a
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