Participants who were given placebo drugs have a better performance because their brains release less cortisol which caused from confidence and trust. Some of them might not believe in the ability of given pill, which can make them have negative thinking and lowering expectation. Subsequently, we agree that group 1 will provide effectiveness more than group 2.
20 participants from a same grade will be divided into 2 groups of 10.
The second test will be harder to increase stress level and we will give them limited time.
Acquire empty capsules and separate two parts of capsules
Put corn starch in the capsules and close them
Clean the capsules to make them look like usual drug as much as possible
Acquire 20 participants from same grade to …show more content…
During the test, constantly pressuring them
Observe the experiment from exam results.
Record data
The data indicates that our assumption is correct because Placebo group was able to get higher score than No-Placebo group. Nevertheless the major concept that we presume previously that the group without placebo have no chemical effect on nervous system, we couldn’t conclude that presumption due to the fact that we are unable to monitor their interior monologue. Moreover, we also believe that stress is the major key that leads to lower score, as we notice only 7% difference in both groups—Placebo has no significant effect but stress does.
In this experiment, the process of inducing stress might not affect everyone because it depends on their EQ. Some of them might no believe in what we test or they hide the inner resistance to the experiment—which mean it can cause Nocebo effect and ruin the whole experiment.
After the experiment, we found that participants were hardly believed in us even though we asked teachers to help in this experiment as instructors. Next time, we suggest researchers to find new solution of testing placebo effect which is not involved with drug, as it seems
20 participants from a same grade will be divided into 2 groups of 10.
The second test will be harder to increase stress level and we will give them limited time.
Acquire empty capsules and separate two parts of capsules
Put corn starch in the capsules and close them
Clean the capsules to make them look like usual drug as much as possible
Acquire 20 participants from same grade to …show more content…
During the test, constantly pressuring them
Observe the experiment from exam results.
Record data
The data indicates that our assumption is correct because Placebo group was able to get higher score than No-Placebo group. Nevertheless the major concept that we presume previously that the group without placebo have no chemical effect on nervous system, we couldn’t conclude that presumption due to the fact that we are unable to monitor their interior monologue. Moreover, we also believe that stress is the major key that leads to lower score, as we notice only 7% difference in both groups—Placebo has no significant effect but stress does.
In this experiment, the process of inducing stress might not affect everyone because it depends on their EQ. Some of them might no believe in what we test or they hide the inner resistance to the experiment—which mean it can cause Nocebo effect and ruin the whole experiment.
After the experiment, we found that participants were hardly believed in us even though we asked teachers to help in this experiment as instructors. Next time, we suggest researchers to find new solution of testing placebo effect which is not involved with drug, as it seems