According to the Text,people in Psychotherapy and Self-Improvement Programs Who

question 10

Multiple Choice

According to the text,people in psychotherapy and self-improvement programs who showed only modest improvements claimed that they

• A)did not improve at all.
• B)experienced considerable change.
• C)experienced rapid improvement,then a steady decline.
• D)experienced change.

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Definitions:

Ecological Validity

A property of research such that the focus of study is something that occurs naturally outside an experimental laboratory.

Naturalistic Observation

A research paradigm in which an observer observes participants in familiar everyday contexts while ideally remaining as unobtrusive as possible.

Experiment

A test of a scientific theory in which the researcher manipulates the independent variable.

Experiment

A method of research in the sciences or social sciences in which a controlled procedure is conducted to test a hypothesis, observe effects, and establish cause and effect relationships.