Imagine That You Are a Researcher Conducting a Study on the Effectiveness

question 95

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are a researcher conducting a study on the effectiveness of a new treatment that is hoped will be beneficial in helping alcoholics reduce their drinking.Which of the following is most important for you to do

• A) provide an operational definition of alcoholism 
• B) know if alcoholism is a disease or not 
• C) determine whether alcoholism is a moral weakness or not 
• D) know how the medical and psychological community currently define alcoholism

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Definitions:

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes, often to divert attention from the real causes.

Actualisation

The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Enlightenment

A cultural and intellectual movement in Europe, which emphasized reason, scientific inquiry, and individual liberty over traditional social hierarchies and religious dogma.