Dr. Howard really wants her newly developed antianxiety medication to help people, but by smiling at the people who are getting the new drug and not at those who are getting the placebo, she is influencing her experimental subjects to respond differently than her control group subjects. In other words, she is contributing to

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Dr. Howard's behavior is an example of experimenter expectancy effects, where the researcher's expectations or actions (in this case, smiling at participants receiving the actual medication) inadvertently influence the participants' behavior or responses, potentially skewing the results of the study.

Dr Howard Really Wants Her Newly Developed Antianxiety Medication to Help