Which of the following are among the reasons why so many people came to believe in the false idea that maternal crack use caused birth defects or developmental abnormalities? Answers: a) Researchers reporting these dangers failed to control for confounding variables in their studies of the infants born to crack using women

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Which of the following are among the reasons why so many people came to believe in the false idea that maternal crack use caused birth defects or developmental abnormalities?

Answers:

a) Researchers reporting these dangers failed to control for confounding variables in their studies of the infants born to crack using women.

b) Crack was demonized because of its association with the so-called "inner city underclasses."

c) Researchers were under intense financial and public pressure to exaggerate the dangers of any drug used by "demonized" groups

d) a), b), and c) above are ALL TRUE.

e) Only a) and b) above are true.