Hi guys. I am a 16-year old student and one of my homeworks in science class is placebo effect. Can anyone tell me what it means please? I have been searching about it in the net and there are so many things that came out. I don’t know what it really means now. I would really appreciate your answers. Thank you so much.
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Any idea what placebo is?
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It's like baiyao said ... But I'll give this example anyway because I think it's a good one. If you read until the end hopefully it will be clear.
This is an example of an experiment that can demonstrate the placebo effect:
1. I time you in a 200m sprint.
2. Next week we do the same sprint, except this time I give you a drink that I tell you will energize you and make you run faster. (The truth is that this was a lie; the drink will do nothing at all).
3. We compare the times - If your time improved the second time, it was because of the placebo effect - you thought the drink would make you run faster, so you actually did run faster (even though the drink had no effect, it was all in your head).
Hope that helps
This is an example of an experiment that can demonstrate the placebo effect:
1. I time you in a 200m sprint.
2. Next week we do the same sprint, except this time I give you a drink that I tell you will energize you and make you run faster. (The truth is that this was a lie; the drink will do nothing at all).
3. We compare the times - If your time improved the second time, it was because of the placebo effect - you thought the drink would make you run faster, so you actually did run faster (even though the drink had no effect, it was all in your head).
Hope that helps
There are actually a lot of studies that shows that if individuals are really thinking about getting dizzy or being drowsy, it is likely to happen. This is also the same for people who take supplements. If people believe that they are to increase in height since they are taking growth supplements, they are likely to grow an inch or two.
What is Placebo ??
- A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to affect health. Hope this helps.
Hi guys. I am a 16-year old student and one of my homeworks in science class is placebo effect. Can anyone tell me what it means please? I have been searching about it in the net and there are so many things that came out. I don’t know what it really means now. I would really appreciate your answers. Thank you so much.
- A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to affect health. Hope this helps.
Placebo makes you think that you are healed even when you are not. Some psychologist and doctors even think this as a good chance to think positively.
Placebo effect is also called fake or fraud treatment and can improve one’s condition simply because the patient has the expectation that it will be helpful.
Experiments are being made on the extent of placebo to individuals of every age. It works highly with people who are most gullible.
Since we are already in the subject, can anyone tell me what nocebo effect is?
I would also ask the same question. As a parent, it is said that some homeopathic teething tablets can stop a baby from crying. I have tried this with my 7-month-old daughter and it actually works. Of course, she is still young enough to think that it will make her well but it did anyway. I also have doubts of the effects of the tablet but I tried it anyway with the approval of her pediatrician. How can this be explained?
If patients on the new drug fare significantly better than those taking placebo, the study helps support the conclusion that the medicine is effective.
I believe both effects are also garnered from supplements, right?
I would also ask the same question. As a parent, it is said that some homeopathic teething tablets can stop a baby from crying. I have tried this with my 7-month-old daughter and it actually works. Of course, she is still young enough to think that it will make her well but it did anyway. I also have doubts of the effects of the tablet but I tried it anyway with the approval of her pediatrician. How can this be explained?
Let me clear this for you, ma’am. We have made a study of this before and as far as I know, homeopathic teething tablets can actually make babies stop crying, but it is because they're made of lactose and sucrose (milk and sugar), not because of the homeopathic water.
It can also help when the parents convinces their child that they can be cured when they are thinking that it actually could. The children are inclined to listen to their parents and consider their words as the truth so they also believe it.
Nocebo effect is the opposite of placebo. This, on the other hand lets the clients feel negative effects of any medicines they use
Hi, I am a medical practitioner for 5 years now. As a professional, I have heard alarming reports of supplements being used as supplement without any approved therapeutic claims. Please help me spread this in school, offices or in whatever community you are in: these supplements pose a threat in safety and health. Since there is no approved therapeutic claims and the producers waive any side effects that may occur any complaints that may emerge can also be shoved aside. Please do not patronize these kinds of supplements.
I understand these issues though, but does this also apply to babies? I mean, they are not aware of these facts, placebo or whatever and when their parents give them growth supplement, they actually get taller. How can these accounts be pure psychology itself?
Thank you for the warning. Will spread this to everyone.