The Placebo Effect Refers to

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Multiple Choice

The placebo effect refers to

• A)how participants can change their behaviour based on what they think the hypotheses of an experiment are
• B)how participant's behaviour can change because of their expectations rather than the treatments they receive
• C)the problems associated with drawing causal conclusions in correlational research
• D)how researcher scan accidentally or unintentionally manipulate other dependent variables

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