Researchers Have Given Children Either Psychostimulant Drugs or Placebo for Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity

question 49

Multiple Choice

Researchers have given children either psychostimulant drugs or placebo for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.They are interested in how the mothers will react to their children.What do they find?

• A)Parent behavior seems to be the primary cause of much of a child's hyperactivity.
• B)When their children are on medication,mothers are less negative and less controlling.
• C)Based on the response of parents,the effects of psychostimulants can be attributed to a placebo effect.
• D)Parents do not seem to respond any differently to children when they are on or off psychostimulant medication.

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