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A placebo is a treatment, most commonly a medication of some kind, which is given to a subject with the pretense that it will treat a specific ailment when in fact the treatment will have no significant effect on the subject. The subject may report that the treatment has had a positive effect, when in fact the effect is entirely in the imagination of the subject. Therefore, a placebo variable is a factor that researchers in the medical field must consider when experimenting with new treatments, to decide whether the success of the treatment is due to the psychological or placebo effect of the treatment, or if the treatment itself is working.
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What is it that makes us think that a certain item is lucky?
The effect is known as a placebo. This placebo can be created on multiple reactions. This can be caused by a childhood memory, a subliminal message, or just doing an activity with the object, which, in turn, causes a placebo effect.
What type of experiment is it when only the subject does not know it they are receiving the real treatment of the placebo?
If the experimenters know but the subject does not, it's called a "single blind" study. If the placebo is randomized and neither the subject nor the experimenters know which is the placebo, it's called a "double blind" study.
A variable that changes as a result of the other variable?
The dependent variable.
What is an inert substance given to the control group and has no effects on the group?
A placebo
Variable is the value whose value depends upon the value of the independent variable?
The dependent variable is the variable that depends on the independent variable.
What are the factors in a controlled experiment called?
control group and placebo group variable and controlled
Why are scientist using a placebo?
Scientists use a placebo to check that the variable they are changing actually is responsible for the results they see. It is like a control experiment, allowing you to compare the trial with it to see if there is any effect. It also counteracts the "placebo effect". For example, this is when someone taking a drug calims they "feel better" despite the drug not actually having any effect. Therefore, by giving some test subjects a placebo and some the drug being tested and not telling them which is which, you can eliminate the placebo effect from the test.
What represented the placebo?
the pill that represented the placebo
Which group contains the variable that is being tested?
There are a few different types of group tests, so it probably depends on the context. In some drug related tests, the following are used: Active Group gets the variable being tested Placebo Group gets a placebo Natural Group gets no change (let Nature take its course) The term Natural Group seems to have replaced Control Group in these studies.
What do you call a sample that goes through all the steps of an experiment except the one being tested?
The control, or control group, goes through all the steps of an experiment, but does not contain the factor being tested, which is called the experimental variable or independent variable.
When was Placebo - band - created?
Placebo - band - was created in 1994.
Is paracetamol a placebo?
No. Why would someone make a placebo that you can die from?
How do you use placebo in a sentence?
Generally as a noun.Example: He swallowed the placebo.It also works as "The Placebo Effect", and also the band Placebo.
What is the difference between individual differences variables and manipulated variables?
An individual difference variable are variables that occur naturally and that a researcher cannot assign a participant to. These include gender, age, height, etc. A manipulated variable a researcher can assign a person to such as a placebo group vs the actual medicine.
When was Placebo Cure created?
Placebo Cure was created on 2006-10-19.
When did Placebo Cure end?
Placebo Cure ended on 2006-11-16.
Who is placebo lead singer?
The lead singer of the band Placebo is Brian Molko.
