In a Study of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy on Anxiety

question 32

Multiple Choice

In a study of the effectiveness of cognitive therapy on anxiety, fifty anxious patients are divided into two groups. One group gets cognitive therapy, the other a fake kind of therapy that should have no benefit. However, the patients can tell that the second form of treatment is a fake. The study is weak because ____.

• A) its placebo condition did not control for expectancy
• B) it did not include an independent variable
• C) it confuses experimental designs with correlational designs
• D) it did not have a placebo condition

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Definitions:

Mental Processes

The operations of the mind that lead to perceptions, reasoning, emotions, and memories.

Unconscious Desires

Wishes or wants that reside within the unconscious mind, influencing behavior without the individual's aware intent.

Psychology Laboratory

A controlled setting designed for the study and experimental investigation of psychological phenomena and behaviors.

Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt, often considered the father of experimental psychology, who established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.