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Knowledge Derived from the Behavioral Sciences Applied to the Prevention

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Knowledge derived from the behavioral sciences applied to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of medical problems is called


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Demand Characteristics

Aspects of an experimental setting that lead participants to guess the purpose of the study and adjust their behavior to what they believe the experiment expects.

Experimenter-Expectancy Effect

A bias in research outcomes where the researcher's expectations inadvertently influence the participants' performance.

Double-Blind Design

An experimental design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or extended to other contexts or populations.

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