When people report feeling better after taking medication even though it hasn't had time to be effective, they are experiencing _________________
A) the experimenter bias effect
B) low reliability
C) the placebo effect
D) confirmation bias
Answer: C
Rationale: The placebo effect is a measureable and experienced improvement in health or behavior that cannot be attributable to a medication or treatment.
Psychology
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a. Whenever H0 is rejected b. Whenever H1 is rejected c. Whenever the decision is "fail to reject H0" d. The risk of a Type I error is independent of the decision from a hypothesis test.
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