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burchfield96

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Patient A was raised to view medical treatments as most effective; Patient B was raised to believe in faith healing and avoid medical treatments. If both patients are given a placebo, what is most likely?
 
  A) The strength of their respective placebo responses should not be affected by the differences in what they believe.
  B) Each will have a stronger response to a placebo that seems most similar to their respective preferred treatments.
  C) Each will have a stronger response to a placebo that seems most different from the treatments that each one prefers.
  D) Each will have a stronger response to a placebo that seems most different from the treatments that each one prefers.

Question 2

Placebos can be beneficial in treating many conditions EXCEPT:
 
  A) depression.
  B) hypertension.
  C) insomnia.
  D) broken bones.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


burchfield96

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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thank you!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 21, 2018
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