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A criticism of Bartlett's 'War of the Ghosts' study is that it used an unusual story. How does this impact the study's validity?.
- A.It enhances external validity, as it reflects everyday memory challenges.
- B.It means the findings are highly generalisable to all types of memory.
- C.It reduces ecological validity, as the task was not typical of everyday memory use.
- D.It increases internal validity by controlling for participant prior knowledge.
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