Placebo Effect

 

“Placebo Effect.”  Please respond to the following:

 

Locate a recent example in the media of a scientific study involving the placebo effect.

Identify and explain the placebo effect’s function in each step of the scientific method: observation, hypothesis, experimentation, verification.

 

Describe how the placebo effect impacted the results of the study.

 

 

State whether or not you were surprised by the results and why.