Question

Jayna recently participated in a study at the local university hospital. As she was waiting in the study's waiting room the staff approached her and apologized for the temperature in the room. She was informed that the temperature of the waiting room would continue to increase because the thermostat was broken and was scheduled to be fixed later that week. Researchers provided her with cold beverages and warm beverages as she waited and had her complete some measures while she was waiting to be called. Little did Jayna know that she was already part of the study. There was nothing wrong with the waiting room's temperature and researchers monitored the numbers of beverages she drank and found that she only had cold beverages and noted multiple times how hot and uncomfortable the room was. Jayna was most likely in the:

Answer 1

A) placebo group

Step-by-step explanation:

According to a different source, these are the options that come with this question:

A) placebo group

B) empty control group

C) experimental group

D) within-subjects group

Based on her actions, Jayna was most likely in the placebo group of the experiment. A placebo-controlled study is a way of testing a therapy or treatment in which a section of the participants is not given any treatment or particular circumstances. The reason is that this allows scientists to test for the placebo effect. The placebo effect occurs when people experience symptoms from treatment that do not actually depend on the treatment itself. In this case, Jayna was drinking cold water intending to cool herself down even though she did not actually experience changes in temperature.