George is conducting a research on the effectiveness of a new counseling technique in improving the career orientation of participants. Due to the availability of participants and the absence of cases where urgent treatment intervention was needed, there were no issues with the random assignment of participants to treatment groups. George wants to distinguish the effects of the treatment from
effects due to client expectations, attention, and other nonspecific aspects. Which of the following control groups is best suited to his cause?
a. Waiting-list control group
b. Delayed-treatment control group
c. Placebo control group
d. Matched control group
c
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a. rapport b. normalizing c. probing d. structure
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a. Oral b. Anal c. Phallic d. Latency
One of the issues children raised in military families confront is:
a. siblings attending different schools b. increased awareness of bullying c. difficulty with the curriculum d. none of the above
Which of the following is not an identified disability under IDEA?
a. Behaviorally/emotionally disabled b. ADHD c. Deaf-blindness d. Autism