{"id":33383,"date":"2021-04-26T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=33383"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:27:23","slug":"placebo-effect-psychology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/placebo-effect-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Placebo Effect Psychology: Questions of Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the two mechanisms of placebo effect psychology? Is pricing a medication higher to trigger the placebo effect unethical? How can you think against the placebo effect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-placebo-effect-in-psychology-2\/\">psychology of the placebo effect<\/a> relies on two mechanisms: faith and conditioning. If you have faith in something, then it&#8217;s more likely to work better. However, this raises ethical questions when it comes to marketing medications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue on for more about the psychology of the placebo effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Psychology of the Placebo Effect<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The placebo effect is one well-known way that our expectations can drastically alter the outcome of an experience. <\/strong>Placebo effect psychology operates on two mechanisms:<strong> faith <\/strong>and <strong>conditioning.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Faith:<\/strong> If you have faith in the drug or the procedure, it\u2019s more likely to make you feel better. Additionally, if you believe that your doctor is giving you the correct amount of attention and care, it boosts your confidence in their work and you believe that their care is working.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Conditioning:<\/strong> Your body naturally releases chemicals in expectation of what\u2019s to come. If you have confidence in a treatment or a caregiver, you\u2019ll <em>expect<\/em> to feel better\u2014prompting your body to produce chemicals that do, in fact, make you feel better. Imagine you have a very painful injury, and you see someone approaching with morphine. Expecting relief, your body will start releasing opiates and endorphins before the needle even touches your skin.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Price Exacerbates the Placebo Effect<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The placebo effect is more nuanced than the simple belief that you are receiving medicine\u2014as it turns out, placebo effect psychology can be <em>strengthened further<\/em> by attaching higher prices to medications and procedures.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experiment: The Painkiller Trial&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In an experiment, patients were asked to test the effectiveness of a new painkiller. The patients read a brochure about the painkiller and then rated their pain levels as they underwent a series of electric shocks. Then, they were given the \u201cpainkiller\u201d (a vitamin C tablet) and once again asked to rate their pain levels in response to a series of electric shocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the first session of the experiment, the painkiller was listed in the brochure at <em>$2.50 per dose<\/em>. Almost all the patients reported lower levels of pain once they\u2019d taken the painkiller.<\/li><li>In a second session of the experiment with different patients, the painkiller was listed at <em>10 cents<\/em> per dose\u2014and only <em>half <\/em>of the patients reported lower levels of pain in response to the shocks.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The higher the price of the medication, the more effective patients assumed it would be\u2014making the placebo effect stronger.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Placebo Effect Everywhere<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This relationship between price and the strength of the placebo effect isn\u2019t limited to experiences in healthcare<\/strong>\u2014<strong>you can see it at work in a range of products. <\/strong>Many products are marketed with the promise that they\u2019ll enhance your athletic performance, improve your concentration, or fight fatigue. As it turns out, these products often do what they say they will, simply because clients believe they will\u2014and the higher the price of the product, the stronger this effect becomes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an experiment, students were offered drinks that suggested they would be \u201cbetter performing.\u201d One group of students bought the drink at its regular price, and another group bought it at a 30% discount. After a short athletic exercise, both groups were asked if the drink helped them feel less fatigued. Those who purchased the higher-priced drink reported a lower level of fatigue than those who purchased the discounted drink. As expected, the relationship between price and placebo effect altered their subjective experience with the drink.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in a second part of the experiment, students were asked to perform a short anagram-unscrambling exercise after consuming the performance-enhancing drink. The results revealed that those students who bought the drink at full price scored higher on the exercise than those who bought the discounted drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These results suggest that by attaching higher prices to their products, companies can not only alter how well we <\/strong><strong><em>think<\/em><\/strong><strong> they\u2019re working, but how well they <\/strong><strong><em>actually do <\/em><\/strong><strong>work.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions Raised Placebo Effect<\/strong> Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The influence of expectations on outcome raises a number of important questions about honesty in healthcare and marketing. <\/strong>Our practices are based largely on information about how people <em>should<\/em> act, but we should be more focused on learning how people <em>do <\/em>act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prescriptions&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Because placebos <em>have <\/em>been proven to deliver their intended result, should doctors knowingly prescribe them? This puts doctors in a difficult situation\u2014they want to help their patients, but they can\u2019t be expected to <em>lie <\/em>to their patients. But, if they were to tell their patients the treatment is a placebo, the positive effects would diminish or disappear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Healthcare Systems<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we push the most expensive medicines and treatments, driving up healthcare costs but ensuring the most effective results? Or should we lower healthcare costs by pushing generic drugs, at the risk of treatments being less effective? It\u2019s also important to consider that those in poorer communities must regularly resort to cheaper, and therefore less effective, medical care\u2014how can this injustice be corrected?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marketing<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Should false marketing claims be acceptable? This question becomes a bit more difficult to grapple with when you ask yourself if promises made in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-successful-marketing-campaign\/\">marketing campaigns<\/a> are <em>really<\/em> lies if they help shape our expectations and influence our experience enough to make said promises true.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thinking Against the Placebo Effect<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been found that those who take a moment to think rationally about the relationship between quality and price are less likely to feel that a cheaper product is less effective. There are several ways you can practice rational thinking as a consumer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read the active ingredients in brand name and generic brand medications to objectively see that they\u2019re the same medicine.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Read user reviews when comparing two similar, but differently priced, products.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Rationally question yourself about <em>why<\/em> you believe a higher-priced product might work differently from its identical, lower-priced counterpart.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a natural, unconscious reaction to think that low price is equivalent to low quality\u2014putting in a moment of conscious thought goes a long way toward interrupting this irrational reaction.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the two mechanisms of placebo effect psychology? Is pricing a medication higher to trigger the placebo effect unethical? How can you think against the placebo effect? 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