You are doing an experiment on the effects of traumatic information on memory. You test participants on Monday. Tuesday, there is a large storm and many participants in your study must evacuate their homes temporarily. You then test these same participants the next week on Monday. The results you get
A)will be more valid as participants actually experienced a trauma.
B)will not be accurate as the reactions to the storm would be a confound.
C)will have high internal validity.
D)will be easy to interpret.

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The reactions to the storm present a confounding variable that could potentially affect the participants' memory, leading to inaccurate results. Therefore, the results will not be accurate.

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