A possible threat to validity in which a participant does not show up for a study at a scheduled time or fails to complete the study is called ______.
A. history effect
B. attrition
C. instrumentation
D. regression toward the mean
Answer: B
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a) orbitofrontal cortex b) thalamus c) hypothalamus d) amygdala
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