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causes anxiety.
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In other studies the control
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group doesn't know they are the control group.
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So sometimes you can do an intervention where you say,
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"Congratulations, everybody in Intro Psych
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who did very low on the depression inventory,"
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which many of you filled out,
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"We're going to do something to you."
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And then the rest of the people don't even know
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that they haven't been chosen.
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So, you're right. It's a perfectly good point.
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Knowing you're not chosen could have a deleterious effect