Dr. Sesay is testing a new antidepressant. He carefully screens his subjects and assigns them to either the control group or the experimental group. He gives one group the new medication and the other group sugar pills that look exactly the same as the real medication. By doing this, he is hoping to control for ____________ effects.
A)correlational
B)expectancy
C)placebo
D)meta-analytical
E)compensatory

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Dr. Sesay is controlling for placebo effects by giving one group the real medication and the other group sugar pills, aiming to determine the true effectiveness of the antidepressant by comparing it to the psychological impact of believing one is receiving treatment.

Dr Sesay Is Testing a New Antidepressant