If a Placebo Produces the Same Results as the Real

question 116

True/False

If a placebo produces the same results as the real treatment, the reason must be the participants' expectations about the treatment, rather than the treatment itself.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

In experimentation, a variable that is manipulated to determine if it causes a change in another variable.

Falsifiable

A characteristic of a statement, hypothesis, or theory that allows it to be proven false by an observation or experiment.

Testable Predictions

Hypotheses or statements that can be verified through empirical observation and experimentation.

Falsifiable

A characteristic of a theory that presents the possibility of being proven false by observation or experiment.