Possible Mechanisms for the Placebo Effect Include

question 48

Multiple Choice

Possible mechanisms for the placebo effect include:

• A)biological action of the active ingredient in the placebo.
• B)a clearly defined set of traits in the patient.
• C)side effects of the placebo.
• D)genetics of the patient.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

Observational Learning is the process of acquiring new behaviors, skills, or attitudes through watching others perform them, rather than through direct experience.

Yell

To shout or speak with a loud and forceful voice, often conveying strong emotion.

Biological Constraint

In learning theory, the concept that an organism's biology limits its capacity to learn new behaviors or adapt to environmental changes.

Fear Conditioning

A behavioral paradigm in which organisms learn to predict aversive events, involving the creation of a conditioned response to a previously neutral stimulus by associating it with an unpleasant event.