Imagine you are attending a conference on psychotherapy. A speaker discusses the fact that a certain type of therapy is “no better than taking a sugar pill.” Which of the following correctly captures the meaning of this statement?

a) The therapy does not lead to improvements in symptoms.
b) The therapy does lead to improvement in symptoms, but the improvements are no better than treatments that already exist.
c) The therapy does lead to improvements in symptoms, but the improvements are no better than would be expected with a placebo treatment.
d) The therapy does not lead to improvements in symptoms because of the placebo effect.

c) The therapy does lead to improvements in symptoms, but the improvements are no better than would be expected with a placebo treatment.
Placebo treatments do lead to improvements; therefore, any new treatment must show that it leads to improvements that are better than would be obtained with a placebo treatment alone.

Psychology

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