RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Placebo Effect. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administrator of an inert substance or condition, which is assumed to be an active agent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Placebo Effect: Experimental results caused by the subjects’ expectations alone. Double-Blind Design: An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant (blind) about whether subjects are in the control or experimental groups (commonly used in drug-evaluation studies).

Detailed explanation-3: -The placebo effect is a phenomenon where people report real improvement after taking a fake or nonexistent treatment, called a placebo. Because the placebo can’t actually cure any condition, any beneficial effects reported are due to a person’s belief or expectation that their condition is being treated.

Detailed explanation-4: -The placebo effect occurs when a person who is given an ineffective treatment still shows improvement simply based on their expectation of the treatment’s effectiveness.

Detailed explanation-5: -Placebo effect-“experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which is assumed to be an active agent.”