At the End of the Trial,the Prosecution and Defense May

question 43

Short Answer

At the end of the trial,the prosecution and defense may present ________ to the judge and/or jury.

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

A beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

Double-Blind Procedures

Experimental procedures in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.

Placebo Effects

The phenomenon in which a person experiences a physical or psychological improvement after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic value.

Hindsight Bias

Hindsight Bias is the tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome, even though it could not have been reasonably predicted.