Having a Control Group Enables Researchers to

question 32

Multiple Choice

Having a control group enables researchers to

• A)provide specific treatments to participants of the group.
• B)compare findings of the control group with those of the experimental group.
• C)avoid using harmful interventions when testing members of the experimental group.
• D)test possible questions for future research efforts.

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Definitions:

Humanistic Therapies

Treatments that uniquely emphasize people’s self-healing capacities and that encourage clients to understand themselves and to grow personally.

Psychodynamic Therapies

A group of therapies that focus on uncovering and understanding unconscious motives and conflicts as a path to symptom resolution.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavior therapy that treats anxiety by teaching the client to associate deep relaxation with increasingly intense anxiety-producing situations.

Feared Situation

A scenario or setting that induces a heightened state of fear or anxiety in an individual.