In 1975, Sloane and Colleagues Conducted a Controlled Study Designed

question 194

Multiple Choice

In 1975, Sloane and colleagues conducted a controlled study designed to investigate the effectiveness of psychotherapy.These researchers found that after 4 months:

• A)clients who received either psychodynamic or behavioral therapy showed significantly more improvement than the control group
• B)only clients who received psychodynamic therapy showed significantly more improvement than the control group
• C)only clients who received behavioral therapy showed significantly more improvement than the control group
• D)there was no significant improvement in either the clients who received psychodynamic or those who received behavioral therapy

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Definitions:

Negatively Correlated

A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases.

Placebos

Inert substances or treatments used as controls in experiments, testing the effectiveness of medical interventions without any active ingredients.

Inactive Substances

Substances that have no intended therapeutic effect; often used as placebos in clinical trials to assess the efficacy of active treatments.

Fake Treatments

Interventions or procedures that are designed to mimic real treatments but do not contain any active ingredients or therapeutic value, often used in the context of clinical trials as placebos.