Dr. Frank is doing research on cancer. Rats are injected with cancer cells and then either given no electric shocks or shocks in two conditions: having control over stopping the shocks or having no control. What results should Dr. Frank expect?
a. The sickest groups should be those getting shocks
b. The sickest group should be the "control shock" condition.
c. The sickest group should be the "no shock" controls.
d. The sickest group should be the "no control shock" condition.
d
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