Nisbett and Schacter (1966) gave participants a pill and measured how much pain they would endure. Participants in the placebo condition were able to endure much more pain, because they attributed the pain to the placebo. This thinking was NOT:

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The thinking was not complex; it was a straightforward attribution of the pain to the placebo, which is a simple causal attribution.

Nisbett and Schacter (1966) Gave Participants a Pill and Measured