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generalizability  

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  • Experiments in human development attempt to identify the influence of variables or events on human behavior. These experiments contribute to the shared knowledge of the community that seeks to understand human development by describing the course of human development, predicting how individual humans will develop, and arranging optimal environments for growth. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Generalizability]

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