Question

Sylvester is participating in a study of the effects of pain medication. he is given a pill and then memorizes a lengthy poem. whenever he makes a mistake in his recitation, he is given a mild electric shock. in fact, the pill he takes has no pharmacological action at all. it is a(n) _____.

Answer 1

The Answer is placebo 

Answer 2

Sylvester was clearly taking a placebo medicine. A placebo medicine is usually a sugar pill, distilled water, or saline medicines wherein people, like Sylvester, are told that the pill elicits a medical effect. The pill then creates a placebo effect wherein the patient will experience the expected effects because they believe in it.