Placebo or Expectancy Effects

question 474

Multiple Choice

Placebo or expectancy effects

• A) a change in a subject's behavior that is produced by the subject's beliefs and expectations rather than by the actual drug, treatment, or procedure.
• B) the researcher's confidence in his or her findings.
• C) the instructions that are given to the research participants before the experiment begins.
• D) the results that the researcher expects to discover.

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