Question 1: Identify and explain the placebo effect’s function in each step of the scientific method: observation, hypothesis, experimentation, verification.
- Placebo effect can be defined as any effect that cannot be attributed to an actual pharmaceutical drug. It is a psychobiological condition occurring in the patient’s brain upon the administration of an inert substance, coupled with verbal suggestions of clinical importance. The therapeutic importance of the placebo effect is universally recommended and accounting for it has become a standard in clinical drug trials. This is done to discern pharmaceutical effects from the placebo effects and placebo effects ...