What Makes It Especially Difficult for Researchers to Determine Causes

question 17

Multiple Choice

What makes it especially difficult for researchers to determine causes of conduct disorder?

• A)People behave differently when they know that they are being observed.
• B)People with conduct disorder are a diverse group exhibiting many different combinations of symptoms.
• C)The benefits of research must be weighed against the dangers of labelling.
• D)People with conduct disorder often are uncooperative research participants,making the topic difficult to research.

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Placebo

An inert or innocuous substance given to a patient instead of genuine medication, used in studies to evaluate the efficacy of treatments.

Confederate

An individual who is part of an experiment but pretends to be a participant and is aware of the study's aims.

Experimental

Pertaining to a methodological approach that involves manipulating one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause changes in another variable.