In a double-blind study,
a. only the experimenter knows which participants are assigned to which group.
b. neither the experimenter nor the participants know about group assignments.
c. neither the experimenter's research assistants nor the subjects know what the dependent
variables are.
d. the main goal is to prevent participants' expectations from influencing their behavior.
e. participants do not know what the independent and dependent variables are.
b. neither the experimenter nor the participants know about group assignments.
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Behavior therapies appear to be particularly effective in the treatment of
a. major depression. b. antisocial personality disorder. c. phobias. d. multiple personality disorders.
The negative emotional response of ____ often precedes negative attitude change
a. inoculation b. psychological reactance c. yielding d. sensory overload
Right when Professor Shepard is about to discuss the problems of drug treatment that are presented in your textbook, her overhead projector stops working. What would have been presented on the overhead screen?
A. high relapse rates and side effects B. a high rate of overdose and low success rates C. symptom substitution and high relapse rates D. low success rates and side effects
After which step in the behavior therapy process does measurement of the target behavior begin?
a. Evaluating the success of a change plan b. Identifying maintaining conditions c. Designing a target behavior d. Designing a treatment plan