A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Refers to What Type of Design

question 1

Multiple Choice

A randomized controlled clinical trial refers to what type of design?

• A) Some participants are randomly assigned to treatment conditions for a trial period
• B) Participants with a particular disorder are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups
• C) Participants are assigned to a control group followed by different treatment conditions
• D) Participants choose from a number of treatment and control conditions

---

Definitions:

Oedipus

A character in Greek mythology whose life events inspired the psychoanalytic theory of the Oedipus complex, involving a child's unconscious desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of human development that contends that irrational, unconscious drives and motives underlie human behavior.

Moral Standards

Principles or rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good or bad, guiding ethical judgment and actions.

Personality

A person's special mix of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral reactions.