THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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placebo effect
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pseudoscience
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hidden observer
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dependence
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the placebo effect? The placebo effect is when a person’s physical or mental health appears to improve after taking a placebo or ‘dummy’ treatment. Placebo is Latin for ‘I will please’ and refers to a treatment that appears real, but is designed to have no therapeutic benefit.
Detailed explanation-2: -(pluh-SEE-boh THAYR-uh-pee) An inactive treatment that is designed to mimic as closely as possible the active treatment being studied in a clinical trial. For example, a placebo pill made of an inactive substance is given instead of the pill with the active drug.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mind can trick you into believing that a fake treatment has real therapeutic results, a phenomenon known as the placebo effect. In some cases, placebos can exert an influence powerful enough to mimic the effects of real medical treatments.