Susceptible You Flashcards
Christian Science main tenet is that all Christians have the ability to ____ themselves.
Heal.
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Copernicus formulated a model that put the ___ in the center of our solar system, instead of the earth.
Someone else had formulated a similar model 1800 years earlier.
Sun
Two complementary ideas, s___ and e____, are at the root of susceptibility.
Suggestion
Expectation
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One way suggestion works is through good ____ telling
Story
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The opposite of the placebo effect is the n____ effect, where we feel increased pain or sickness.
Nocebo
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Homeopathy was created in ____ in the early 1800’s.
Germany
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After hundreds of trials, most scientists conclude homeopathic remedies are actually p____.
Placebos
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Pavlov’s classical conditioning was about setting the dogs e____ that when the bell would ring he would eat, thus salivating.
This is also why Tony’s idea of anchoring was bullshit for me.
Expectations
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Classical conditioning can tap into the placebo effect.
In the 1970’s in one experiment, scientists gave an immunosuppresent with a sugary drink to rats. After a while, they could give just the sugary drink and the rats own body would turn off their ____ system in precisely the way as if they had taken the drug.
Immune
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Consciously learning that you’re taking a placebo doesn’t necessarily stop it’s effects. Because classical conditioning happens largely on an u______ level.
I say it’s as if our unconscious is a different person from our conscious self.
Unconscious
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Common conditions that respond well to placebos are p___, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
In fact, chronic pain might be the signature placebo-prone condition in the world.
Pain
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With pain management, placebos work because the brain releases it’s own opiod d___.
Drugs
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The placebo response isn’t about people being crazy or gullible. It’s a real neuro-chemical response in the ____.
Brain.
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With placebos reducing pain, they trigger parts of the brain that produce o____ and release chemicals that dull the pain.
The brain can also produce endocannabinoids and serotonin.
Opiods
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Is acupunture a placebo treatment?
yes
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An active placebo is a placebo that has a tiny effect the person can feel, like tingling in the f____.
This often enhances the placebo effect even more.
Fingers
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Perhaps the most important neurotransmitter of all is D_____.
It effects so many things, one of which is reward processing - why eating sweets, sex, and making money feel so good.
It’s a key player in the placebo effect.
Dopamine.
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In one placebo study, dopamine release was (higher/lower) where subjects were told there was a small chance they might not have gotten the drug
This suggest for attraction one may want to let a potential partner know they are talking to other women, are selective, etc. This could help some of them get a nice hit of dopamine that’ll feel good.
Higher
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Conditioning, pairing something with the thing that creates the response, is often part of making a p____.
The sugary drink rat experiment is an example of this.
Placebo
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Peer p____ often enhances the placebo response.
In fact, even more than conditioning.
Pressure (I call this social proof)
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Is traditional Chinese medicine (foot reflexology, herbs, etc.) considered placebo?
Yes
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What often has a more powerful placebo effect, a placebo pill or a placebo surgery?
Surgery
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The COMT gene plays an important role with placebos. You can be val/val, met/met, or val/met. For ___/____’s, a kind doctor increase placebo effect by 5x.
Met/met
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The placebo response is a real, measurable n____ - c____ event in the brain.
Neuro-chemical
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