A double-blind study is a type of research study in which the researcher and the participants in the study are both unaware of the conditions to which participants are assigned.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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A teacher wants to find out if a new problem-based history program will increase history achievement scores. The students who will NOT be exposed to this problem-based history program but will be taught the specific material in the traditional manner are part of which group?

a. extraneous group b. control group c. independent group d. dependent group

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An important aspect of the cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of bulimia nervosa is that it involves

A. changing patients' dysfunctional thoughts regarding their weight, body shape, and previous weight control strategies. B. helping the patient's family learn new ways of interacting with each other and with the patient. C. changing the type and frequency of reinforcement associated with being an identified patient. D. making sure that the patient has a lot of quiet time when he or she can be alone.

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Human Motivation: A Hierarchical Approach

What will be an ideal response?

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Dewey, in his theorizing, emphasized ________. This theory, which opposed vitalism and mechanism, held that life is constituted by an organism that is a dynamically organized system.

a. organicism b. physicalism c. materialism d. emergentism

Psychology