What are placebo pills and how might they be used in a research study?
What will be an ideal response?
Studies may use placebo controls such as a group that engages in stretching rather aerobic exercise or that receives placebo pills. Placebo pills are inert pills that control for expectancy effects since participants believe these pills may contain active medicinal ingredients.
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a. dissociative fugue b. factitious disorder c. agoraphobia d. functional neurological symptom disorder
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a. a need b. incentive motivation c. a drive d. intrinsic motivation
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a. the ways we explain events; the ways we express our reaction to events b. humor vs. crying; optimism vs. pessimism c. way of coping; attributions d. how men cope; how women cope
Based on research by Stoddart and Turiel, which two people would you expect to hold the most negative attitudes concerning the violation of gender roles (e.g., a boy wearing nail polish)?
A. A 5-year-old and a 7-year-old B. A 5-year-old and a 13-year-old C. A 7-year-old and a 9-year-old D. A 9-year-old and a 13-year-old