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A nonspecific-treatment control group
 
  a) Is designed to control for common factors that are associated with treatment
  b) Rules out the role of expectancies in explaining why clients get better
  c) Controls for placebo effects in a medication study
  d) Is the best way to rule out threats to internal validity (e.g., regression, testing)

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Why are waiting-list control groups more favorable than no-treatment control groups?
 
  a) They allow for both between and within-participant comparisons.
  b) Every participant will receive the treatment at the same time.
  c) It eliminates all ethical concerns for methodology.
  d) The control group is not impacted by contact with the experiment.


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strudel15

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

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