In searching for general laws that apply to groups of people, Allport argued that there was a serious limitation to the procedure. Which of the following was the problem?
a. small samples do not generalize to larger populations (as for instance, Wundt did)
b. the more people that were selected for study the fewer common elements there would be available to the researcher
c. humans are too unique to have anything in common
d. none of the above
Answer: b. the more people that were selected for study the fewer common elements there would be available to the researcher
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