Fernado Has Developed a Powerful Craving for the Taste of Salt.The

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Multiple Choice

Fernado has developed a powerful craving for the taste of salt.The doctor finds that he has a deficiency in

• A) thyroxin.
• B) epinephrine.
• C) corticoids.
• D) norepinephrine.

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Definitions:

Illusory Correlation

refers to the cognitive bias where a relationship between two variables is perceived to exist when no such relationship actually exists.

Double-Blind Procedure

A experimental setup in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, preventing bias in the results.

Illusory Correlation

The cognitive bias of perceiving a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists.

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon in which a person experiences a physiological or psychological improvement after receiving a treatment with no therapeutic value.