PLACEBO EFFECTS

Totman’s cognitive dissonance theory of placebo effects

Cognitive Dissonance Theory of Placebo Effects

Cognitive Dissonance Theory Totman (1976, 1987) placed his cognitive dissonance theory of placebos in the following context: ‘Why did faith healing last for such a long time?’ and ‘Why are many of the homeopathic medicines, which have no medically active content, still used?’ He argued that faith healing has lasted and homeopathic medicines are still […]

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