Responding to a Substance, Such as a Sugar Pill or a Saline

question 491

Multiple Choice

Responding to a substance, such as a sugar pill or a saline injection, as if it were the real drug is referred to as

• A)the placebo effect.
• B)an anthropomorphic error.
• C)the somatization variable.
• D)a psychosomatic complication.

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