Experimenters Use Random Assignment of Participants to Different Groups in Order

question 139

Multiple Choice

Experimenters use random assignment of participants to different groups in order to:

• A) increase the likelihood that the participants in each group knew one another.
• B) increase the likelihood that participants within a group were similar to one another.
• C) reduce the likelihood of any preexisting differences between groups.
• D) ensure that each groups had the same number of participants.

Distinguish between Gestalt therapy and other therapeutic approaches based on their views on emotions, adjustment, impulse control, and therapeutic goals.

Explain the use of specific Gestalt exercises and techniques in therapy sessions.

Appreciate the importance of therapeutic experiencing and the relationship between therapist and client in experiential therapies.

Understand the critiques of Gestalt therapy's approach to body-mind dualism and societal expectations.

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