Placebo Groups Are Often Used in Multigroup Designs Because

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Multiple Choice

Placebo groups are often used in multigroup designs because:

• A) they are cost effective because you don't have to purchase an additional treatment for participants.
• B) they help determine how much the participants' responses are due to their expectation rather than the treatment itself.
• C) they help determine the true score for participants on the dependent variable in relation to the response to treatment.
• D) they are required in order to conduct a comprehensive multigroup design.

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Definitions:

Incentives

External rewards or punishments that motivate behavior or inspire action.

Stimuli

External or internal factors that elicit a physiological or psychological response in an organism.

Intrinsic Motivation

The drive to engage in activities for their own sake, because they are interesting or enjoyable, without seeking external rewards.

Instinct

An innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli.