Few of the patients undergoing treatment for phobic disorder agree to participate in a clinical trial of a new antidepressant medication. The patients are randomly divided into two groups. Both groups receive pills to be taken on a daily basis, but only one of the groups receives pills with the newly produced active ingredients. The other group's pills contain no active ingredients. In this study, the pills that do not contain any active ingredients are said to be ________.
A. placebos
B. nocebo
C. normatives
D. ipsatives
Answer: A
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Your text discusses the controversy over whether women should take hormones after menopause. Which of the following students best summarizes the research related to this question?
a. Rose: "Although hormone replacement therapy relieves hot flashes, it increases the likelihood of osteoporosis, so it is no longer recommended.". b. Sophia: "Hormone replacement therapy reduces the risk of heart disease, but it increases the risk of breast cancer.". c. Dorothy: "When estrogen is supplemented by progestin, health risks are almost completely eliminated.". d. Blanche: "Recent research suggests that the health risks of hormone replacement therapy outweigh the benefits.".
Human personality appears to be the product of ____
a. ?an unknown factor that researchers have been unable to identify b. ?many genes and multiple environmental events c. ?genes involved in the production of serotonin and dopamine d. ?family upbringing and culture
Your friend Olga is a new, first-time mother. Her six-week-old infant has shown a recent increase in crying. She doesn't know whether this is because she is picking the child up every time it cries. She is asking you for advice
What would you say to her? A) She should take her child to the doctor to see if she has colic. B) It is normal for crying to increase over the first six weeks of life, and picking her child up will not reinforce the crying. C) Increased crying in the first six weeks of life is normal, but Olga should not pick up the infant every time it cries. D) Olga should not worry; the crying usually decreases by the second week of life.
______ is NOT naturally occurring or naturally derived
a. Marijuana b. Cocaine c. Morphine d. Ecstasy