You are interested in studying the ability of a new drug to help treat anxiety d

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You are interested in studying the ability of a new drug to help treat anxiety disorder. These individuals suffer behavioral symptoms such as avoidance of new situations.

Our experiment will recruit people with anxiety disorder and they will be split into two groups: those that receive the anxiety drug and those which get a placebo. Then, to measure avoidance of new situations we will give them a choice to either play a familiar game or learn a new one.

Which of the following is the best hypothesis?

Those on the anxiety drug will report being more relaxed while playing the game

anxiety

Those on the anxiety drug will choose to play a new game more often than those in the placebo group.

Those on the anxiety drug will report being more relaxed while playing the game

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Those on the anxiety drug will choose to play a new game more often than those in the placebo group.

Explanation / Answer

Those on the anxiety drug will choose to play a new game more often than those in the placebo group.

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