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In a weight-reduction experiment, an overweight individual was given what the researcher called a new type of diet pill that would help curb the desire to eat in fact. the pill really contained powdered milk, but ever since the individual started taking the diet pill, he has reported that his desire to eat has decreased. This illustrates the:
Aeffect of extraneous variables
Bnatural experiment
Ccurvilinear relationship
Dplacebo effect
Correct answer
D. placebo effect
Explanation
The correct answer is placebo effect.