What is considered the most rigorous type of evaluation used by researchers to determine whether a therapy "works"?

A. Double-blind study
B. Efficacy study
C. Blind study
D. Manualized study


Answer: B

Psychology

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Which of the following is an anticholinergic hallucinogen?

a. scopolamine b. MDMA (ecstasy) c. LSD d. DMT e. PCP

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a. +.99 b. 1.00 c. +.01 d. .59

Psychology

As a science, psychology is concerned with

a. consciousness but not dreams. b. social influences only. c. the roles of biology and heredity. d. biology but not with social influences.

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