In _____ participants receive a treatment similar to the experimental treatment, but lacking the key feature of the treatment of interest.
A) family therapies
B) a placebo condition
C) classical conditioning
D) operant conditioning

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A placebo condition involves giving participants a treatment that is similar to the experimental treatment, but lacking the key feature of the treatment of interest. This helps researchers determine if the effects of the experimental treatment are due to the treatment itself, or simply due to a placebo effect. Family therapies, classical conditioning, and operant conditioning are not related to the use of placebo conditions.

In _____ Participants Receive a Treatment Similar to the Experimental