PSY-415 Placebo Effect

Prerequisite: BIO-222, HSC-201 or PSY-202. PSY-214 Health Psychology recommended, but not required.
Advanced seminar consisting of student-led presentations and class discussions based on literature reviews and empirical journal articles. We will seek to understand the placebo response- why people sometimes derive real benefits from an inert treatment or procedure. Students will design an original empirical test of a placebo-related hypothesis and submit a APA-style manuscript proposing their study. 4 credits.