Statisticians will often describe how extreme performances,
both good and bad, tend to be followed by more average levels of performance. This _____ might be one explanation for why many psychotherapy patients improve regardless of the type of therapy received.
A) placebo effect
B) regression to the mean
C) retrospective rewriting
D) self-serving bias
Answer: B
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a. the likelihood of recovering a lost memory. b. extraordinary mental or physical feats. c. accuracy. d. errors.
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