Experiments can provide important information, but they also have limitations. Which of the following is one of the limitations discussed in the textbook?
A) Experiments are often conducted in highly controlled laboratory environments and thus may have little to do with actual behavior.
B) Experimental results cannot be used to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.
C) Experiments are excellent at describing a phenomenon but cannot be used to make predictions.
D) For ethical reasons, only animals can be experimental participants, and conclusions may not be relevant to human behavior.

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Experiments are often conducted in highly controlled laboratory environments, which may not reflect the complexity of actual behavior in the real world. Therefore, the results may have limited external validity.

Experiments Can Provide Important Information, but They Also Have Limitations