Abdul Has Volunteered to Participate in an Experiment Evaluating the Effectiveness

question 271

Multiple Choice

Abdul has volunteered to participate in an experiment evaluating the effectiveness of aspirin.Neither he nor the experimenters know whether the pills he takes during the experiment contain aspirin or are merely placebos.The investigators are apparently making use of

• A) naturalistic observation.
• B) a confounding variable.
• C) the double-blind procedure.
• D) random sampling.

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Definitions:

Neurotic Needs

Psychological needs that arise from attempts to manage stress and anxiety, often leading to unhealthy or maladaptive behaviors.

Animus

In Jungian psychology, the animus represents the masculine aspect of a woman's unconscious mind, as opposed to anima, which represents femininity in men.

Conscious Conflict

A psychological struggle emanating from incompatible desires or motivations within one's awareness.

Id Functioning

Aspects of personality in psychoanalytic theory that are driven by basic instinctual drives and desires.