What is usually used as a placebo in a study of psychosocial treatments?

a. A sugar pill
b. A wait list
c. Self-help meetings
d. Group therapy


b. A wait list

Psychology

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All of the following are risk factors for eating disorders EXCEPT:

a. having relatively little ambition b. having negative family interactions c. a history of childhood sexual abuse d. having a lower self-esteem level

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a. class inclusion. b. reversibility. c. egocentrism. d. décalage.

Psychology

In __________ amnesia, the trauma prevents patients from remembering events that took place before the accident

a. retrograde c. anterograde b. infantile d. dissociative

Psychology