If more than half of patients with depression show improvement after six months of therapy, what conclusion, if any, can we draw? If none, why not?
a. We conclude that the therapy was effective for most of the patients
b. We conclude that the therapy was effective for some of the patients.
c. We draw no conclusion, because patients with depression are different from other people.
d. We draw no conclusion, because the study had no control group.
d
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a. completely successful, with rates of recovery up to 90 percent b. modestly successful, with rates of recovery up to 75 percent c. somewhat successful, with rates of recovery of about 50 percent d. not very successful, with rates of recovery less than 20 percent
The anxiety disorder called social phobia, involving anxiety about being evaluated or criticized, usually begins during a. childhood
b. adolescence. c. young adulthood. d. middle age.
James is comparing recordings of a rod's reaction to a very bright light and a dim light. He soon observes that the bright light produces _________ in the rod compared with activity in the dim light.
A. greater hyperpolarization B. less hyperpolarization C. greater depolarization D. little change
Jack is 24 years old. His major task, according to Erikson, is to develop a sense of ________
a. generativity b. initiative c. intimacy d. identity