Gordon and Jeannette were paired to work as a team on their research methods project. They are very interested in examining the variable of test anxiety, with specific attention paid to the extent the study resembles test anxiety in the classroom or natural environment. Gordon and Jeannette are primarily interested in their study's:
A) mundane realism.
B) control group.
C) internal validity.
D) concurrent validity.

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Mundane realism refers to the degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations. In this context, Gordon and Jeannette are focusing on how much their study on test anxiety resembles the real-life scenario of test anxiety in a classroom, which is directly related to mundane realism.

Gordon and Jeannette Were Paired to Work as a Team