Eyewitnesses Depend on _____ to Identify or Describe a Suspect

question 7

Multiple Choice

Eyewitnesses depend on _____ to identify or describe a suspect.

• A) scientists
• B) intuition
• C) memory
• D) evidence

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon where an individual experiences a perceived improvement in condition or symptoms after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic effect.

Placebo

An inactive substance or treatment used as a control in experiments to test the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs.

Control Condition

In experimental research, a standard against which the effects of a treatment are compared, often involving no treatment or a placebo.

Fake Pill

Also known as a placebo, it is a pill without active medical ingredients, used in research to test the effectiveness of treatments.