Problems & Solutions in Research 2.2
Self-fulfilling Prophecy Having expectations about something, and then either knowingly or unknowingly that causes it to happen
Ways to Avoid Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Single-blind experiment Double-blind experiment
Single-Blind Experiment Participants don’t know if they are getting the real thing or not
Double-Blind Experiment Both the participants and the researchers do not know who is getting the real thing and who is not
Placebo Medicine that is fake
The Placebo Effect A change in a patient’s illness or physical state that happens because the patient THINKS they are getting medicine/treament