A Clinical Psychologist Named Dr

A clinical psychologist named Dr. Cognitive is proposing a study of the effectiveness of several forms of therapy for treating anorexia nervosa. She sends her proposal to the ethics committee for review. Although they approve it from an ethics standpoint, one of the members of the committee writes her a note saying, "Be aware of the allegiance effect." When Dr. Cognitive looks at the proposal, what may cause her concern?

A) Clients will show greater recovery when they are treated by the same therapists across time.
B) Clients will work hard to recover to demonstrate that their choice of therapist is indeed the best.
C) Because she is a cognitive therapist she is more likely to find that form of therapy to be the most successful.
D) Funding agencies will be more likely to give grants to researchers who are responsive to the needs of the granting agency.