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Farid Talibli
on Dec 25, 2024
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A "fake treatment" is one way to define a ______.
A) decoy
B) demand characteristic
C) control group
D) placebo
Placebo
A substance with no therapeutic effect, often used as a control in testing new drugs.
Fake Treatment
A placebo or sham treatment given to participants in research, which has no therapeutic effect.
Demand Characteristic
Cues in an experimental environment that communicate to participants how they are expected to behave.
- Acquire knowledge on the purpose of control groups in the context of experimental research.
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Learning Objectives
- Acquire knowledge on the purpose of control groups in the context of experimental research.