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tiara099

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Social psychologists often do experiments in the laboratory, instead of the field, in order to
 
  a. increase internal validity.
  b. increase external validity.
  c. conduct a meta analysis.
  d. decrease psychological realism.

Question 2

Suppose a researcher found a strong positive correlation between the number of tweets people send each day and their reported happiness. Which of the following is the best conclusion he or she can draw from this finding?
 
  a. Sending tweets makes people happy.
  b. Feeling happy makes people want to tweet more.
  c. Happy people are more likely to send a lot of tweets than sad people.
  d. There is a third variable that makes people happy and send a lot of tweets.


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sailorcrescent

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


tiara099

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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