Imagine a Study in Which Brain Activity Is Recorded Before

question 96

Multiple Choice

Imagine a study in which brain activity is recorded before and after a 12-week course of dialectical behavioral therapy among patients with borderline personality disorder. The recordings are compared to brain recordings taken from individuals without the disorder. Which of the following alternatives labels the borderline patients and the brain recordings with respect to the experimental method

• A)experimental group; dependent variable
• B)experimental group; independent variable
• C)experimental group; outcome variable
• D)control group; dependent variable

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