By the 1960s, the group-comparison approach that had been used in clinical psychology for the prior two decades began to lose favor among some psychologists. Their objections to the use of the group-comparison approach included
A) questioning whether it was ethical to withhold or delay treatment for members of no-treatment control groups.
B) the fact that for rare diagnoses it was often impossible to the find the relatively large number of patients required for group-comparison research.
C) noting that clinical practice focuses on individuals, so clinical research should focus on individual behavior.
D) all of the above.

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All of the above objections were raised by some psychologists in the 1960s to the use of the group-comparison approach in clinical psychology research. They questioned the ethics of withholding or delaying treatment for members of control groups, pointed out that it was often difficult to find enough patients with rare diagnoses for group-comparison studies, and argued that clinical research should focus on individual behavior since clinical practice focused on individuals.

By the 1960s, the Group-Comparison Approach That Had Been Used