Which statement best reflects the views of the text regarding research in developmental psychology?
a. Research findings can be important in shaping social policy
b. Research findings are useful only to scientists who study the same topics.
c. Research findings may be interesting to nonscientists, but the information can rarely be used in the real world.
d. Research in developmental psychology does not make much of a scientific contribution.
a
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