A researcher believes that if a new form of therapy works, it works only because the patient expects it to work. In psychology, this phenomenon is referred to as

a. the spontaneous-remission effect.
b. placebo therapy.
c. clinical ecology.
d. behavioral reversal.


Answer: b. placebo therapy.

Psychology

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School attendance for adolescents in developing societies is

A. mandatory. B. inconsistent. C. higher. D. nonexistent.

Psychology

The method section should contain enough information for

a. another experimenter to replicate the study. b. the reader to have a general understanding of how the study was done. c. the reader to have a vague idea of how the study was done. d. someone to know exactly what statistical analyses were performed in the experiment.

Psychology

Free-floating anxiety and persistent worrying are characteristics of _____ _____ _____

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Young infants' tendency to look preferentially at the outer contours of complete visual stimuli is called the

a. Snellen effect. c. externality effect. b. perceptual differentiation effect. d. selective attention effect.

Psychology