Sandy Sue was participating in an experiment in which she was given a pill that was supposed to cause her to get drowsy. Five minutes after taking the pill, Sandy Sue reported that she felt drowsy and wanted to lie down

The pill was actually made of sugar and had no ingredients to cause drowsiness. How do you explain Sandy Sue's drowsy feeling?
a) experimenter effect
b) placebo effect
c) subject bias
d) treatment effect


c

Psychology

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A. immature corpus callosum B. immature reticular formation C. her postconventional thinking D. growth in her limbic system

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The meta-needs are:

a. growth needs b. lower needs c. physiological needs d. deficiency needs

Psychology

Classical conditioning is a type of learning which involves the association of _____

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology

The purpose of stimulation research is to

A. identify stimuli that activate a particular part of the brain. B. identify the function of a part of the brain. C. observe individual ion channels in the membranes of neurons. D. observe the activity of a particular part of the brain.

Psychology