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Which among the following is a valid criticism of experimental methods in the social sciences?

AImpossible to conduct in a social situation
BArtificiality of laboratory conditions ✓ Correct
CUnavailability of good experiments in the social sciences
DSocial research problems cannot be studied experimentally
Correct answer: (B) Artificiality of laboratory conditions
Explanation

A valid criticism of experiments in social science is the artificiality of laboratory conditions.

Controlled lab settings differ from real social life, weakening external validity.

It is untrue that experiments are impossible in social situations; field experiments exist.

Good social-science experiments are in fact available, so unavailability is not the flaw.

Social problems can be studied experimentally, so that sweeping claim is false.

The trade-off is high internal validity but limited generalisability.

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