Many colleges and universities offer a freshman seminar class to prepare students for college life.Colleges put a great deal of money into these classes and want to know if the freshman seminar classes the independent variable) have an influence on the students' attitudes and behaviors the dependent variable).This is commonly measured by conducting a survey at the end of the first year about information covered in the classes.Which of the following threats to internal validity could influence survey results?
A)history
B)regression to the mean
C)maturation
D)selection

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Maturation refers to the processes within participants that may change over time, such as growing older, gaining more experience, or changing attitudes and behaviors simply because they are in college, not necessarily because of the freshman seminar classes. This natural development can influence survey results, making it difficult to attribute changes solely to the seminar classes.

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