Dr. Hudson is examining the effect of treatment on Internet addiction. He has developed a new treatment program that uses both cognitive and behavioral factors to compete with the current behavioral-only treatment program. Dr. Hudson randomly assigns participants into conditional groups. Theo finds himself in a participant group that does not receive any type of intervention during the actual study, but is offered treatment 3 months after completion of the study. Theo was most likely in what type of group?

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Theo was most likely in the waiting-list control group because this group does not receive any type of intervention during the actual study but is offered treatment after completion of the study. The other options (placebo, post-hoc, empty control) do not accurately describe the group to which Theo belonged.

Dr Hudson Is Examining the Effect of Treatment on Internet