We must be cautious about accepting patients' statements
about the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) because they may be motivated to justify their experience or because they believed the treatment would work before starting. This reminds the critical thinker of the importance of
A) extraordinary claims.
B) falsifiable research questions.
C) Occam's Razor.
D) ruling out rival hypotheses.
Answer: D
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