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Question 15

Dr. Vance is a clinical psychologist investigating the effectiveness of a new virtual-reality-graded exposure therapy (VR-GET) compared to traditional in-vivo exposure therapy for individuals diagnosed with Agoraphobia.

Dr. Vance allocates participants to one of two separate groups:

  • Group A: Patients undergoing standard in-vivo exposure therapy (real-life guided exposure to public spaces).
  • Group B: Patients undergoing VR-GET (exposure therapy using virtual reality simulations of public spaces).

Dr. Vance plans to measure treatment efficacy by conducting clinical assessments of anxiety severity (using a standardized clinical scale) after the 8-week intervention.

Explain one strength and one limitation of using an independent groups design in this study.

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