Clark and colleagues (Clark, 1969; Clark & Yang, 1972) found that participants reported less pain when treated with acupuncture even though there was no difference in d? between the treatment (acupuncture) and control (no acupuncture) conditions. This suggests that
a. acupuncture has no effect on reports of pain.
b. with acupuncture, the participant's decision criterion for reporting pain increased.
c. with acupuncture, the participant's decision criterion for reporting pain decreased.
d. participants had reduced sensitivity to pain when treated with acupuncture.
B
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