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1		Most psychologists argue that is sometimes necessary to prevent participants from being influenced by what they think a study's true purpose is.


2		Research participants have a right to regarding their behavior, according to the ethical standards of the APA.


3		In order to ensure that participation in a research study is voluntary, participants must be told about the nature of procedures before their participation in the experiment. This is known as .


4		A common form of experimental bias is , in which an experimenter unintentionally transmits cues to participants about the way they are expected to behave in a given experimental condition.


5		Dr. Nympho Mania is interested in testing the ability of a new drug to heighten sexual arousal in males. She is concerned that the effects of merely taking or not taking a "drug" may influence the results of her study, and so she wants to give her control group a "drug." Instead of the experimental drug (which only the treatment group receives), she could give her control group a(n) .