A Helper Conducts a Research Project That Randomly Assigned Participants

question 6

Multiple Choice

A helper conducts a research project that randomly assigned participants into two groups. Group A receives the treatment while Group B is the control group. This type of study would be referred to as a(n) study.

• A) effectiveness
• B) efficiency
• C) efficacy
• D) quasi-experimental

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique in which two stimuli are paired repeatedly; the response initially caused by the second stimulus becomes triggered by the first stimulus after some time.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning or conditioning.