A psychological experiment is conducted in a laboratory to determine if meditation can cure insomnia in middleaged participants.The same experiment is conducted to find the effect of meditation on insomnia with teenage participants in natural settings.The researchers sought to find whether the observed results in the laboratory would be the same as those found in natural settings.This scenario illustrates:
A)framing.
B)replication.
C)deception.
D)debriefing.

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The scenario describes a replication of the experiment in a natural setting to determine if the results observed in the laboratory can also be observed in a different environment. Replication is the process of repeating a study to confirm or extend its findings, making B the correct choice. Framing refers to how a problem or question is presented, deception refers to deliberately misleading participants, and debriefing refers to providing participants with information about the study after it is completed. None of these options are relevant to the scenario described.

A Psychological Experiment Is Conducted in a Laboratory to Determine