When neither the participants nor the experimenters know which group has received the treatment and which has received a placebo, the design is called
A) ?confounding.
B) ?double-blind.
C) ?correlational.
D) ?naturalistic.
B
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Gaventa's definition of the three instruments of social power includes the power to bargain, reward and punish, as well as the power to
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false