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Sylvester is participating in a study of the effects of pain medication. he is given a pill and then memorizes a lengthy poem. whenever he makes a mistake in his recitation, he is given a mild electric shock. in fact, the pill he takes has no pharmacological action at all. it is a(n) _____.

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The Answer is placebo

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Sylvester was clearly taking a placebo medicine. A placebo medicine is usually a sugar pill, distilled water, or saline medicines wherein people, like Sylvester, are told that the pill elicits a medical effect. The pill then creates a placebo effect wherein the patient will experience the expected effects because they believe in it.

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