Dr Hyper Treated 20 Patients Using a New Therapeutic Procedure

question 107

Multiple Choice

Dr. Hyper treated 20 patients using a new therapeutic procedure. An outside observer rated the children's activity level on a laboratory task before and after the treatment; 80% of the children decreased their activity level following treatment, and Dr. Hyper concluded that the procedure was highly effective. Which of the following is a likely a confound in Dr. Hyper's experiment?

• A)The children were not truly hyperactive.
• B)The children decreased their activity level because the task was no longer novel.
• C)The person who rated the children's activity level was biased.
• D)The children improved because they were just trying to please the experimenter.

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