A friend of yours is taking care of an elderly aunt. The friend wants advice on how best to provide the care so that the aunt is both happy and healthy. Based on research, you should suggest that ____
a. the aunt's activity level be increased beyond the range of which she thinks she is capable
b. your friend enable the aunt to have control in her daily life and make as many decisions as she can
c. your friend reduces to a minimum all decisions the aunt must make
d. the aunt be protected from all visitors and changes in her daily schedule
b
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a. the therapy placebo effect. b. the therapeutic alliance. c. the all-or-nothing effect. d. covert reinforcement.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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A) To get a diverse, representative sample of people to participate in the experiment B) To find out if there are correlations between groups C) To gain control over the research so that it can become a quasi-experiment D) To try to make sure the groups are comparable before the intervention is performed