Exam 18: A: Reading

In their experiment on the effectiveness of different weight-loss therapies, Axsom and Cooper maintain that the therapeutic process is influenced by which of the following concepts?

According to the article on weight reduction by Axsom and Cooper, the factor that underlies the effectiveness of virtually all forms of psychotherapy is:

Axsom and Cooper argue that the continued weight loss experienced by some of their subjects during the six months following the experiment occurred primarily because:

In Axsom and Cooper's experiment, which variable was the dependent variable (measure of the subjects' behavior)?

In Axsom and Cooper's experiment, which of the following pairs of variables were manipulated?

The results of Axsom and Cooper's weight-reduction experiment showed that by the end of the fifth (and last) session, subjects in the high-effort condition had lost ________ weight than those in the low-effort condition. A year later, subjects in the high-effort condition had lost ________ weight than those in the low-effort condition.