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Increasing Behavior by Avoiding an Unpleasant Stimulus Is Referred to as Punishment

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Increasing behavior by avoiding an unpleasant stimulus is referred to as punishment.


Definitions:

Placebo Study

Research that investigates the effect of a treatment by comparing the response of subjects receiving an inactive substance or sham treatment to those receiving the actual treatment.

Sugar Pill

A placebo used in clinical trials to test the efficacy of medications, which has no therapeutic effect but can influence participants' perceptions of their symptoms.

Antidepressant Medication

A class of drugs designed to improve symptoms of depression by altering chemical imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain.

Correlational Method

A research strategy that examines whether and how variables are related, without implying a cause-and-effect relationship.

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