Maturation is a threat to internal validity and means

A) that the subject (participant) is too immature.
B) that the subject quits the experiment before it is completed.
C) that a biological or emotional process within the participants that is not part of the independent variable induces a change in the dependent variable.

D) that the experiment is ripe.

C

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A. where; how B. how; where C. how; what D. what; where

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