An Inactive Substance, Such as a Sugar Pill or a Saline

question 545

Multiple Choice

An inactive substance, such as a sugar pill or a saline injection, that is given in the place of a drug in psychological research or by physicians who want to treat a complaint by suggestion, is called a(n)

• A)placebo.
• B)extraneous variable.
• C)pseudoscience factor.
• D)control drug.

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Definitions:

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