Juan has been smoking for years and really wants to quit. He decided to buy a specially formulated vitamin that he saw advertised on TV. Since he has taken the vitamin, his urge to smoke has disappeared. Juan is most likely to have experienced a(n):
A. placebo effect
B. double-blind effect
C. experimenter effect
D. dependent effect
Answer: A
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