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Post by Vesna on Sept 20, 2017 15:58:11 GMT
The children's performance is dependent on their mental state; parents heavily influence their child's mentality. The child who's parents complied with child about the socks gave additional reinforcement to the child's self esteem. On the other hand, the parents who did not comply instilled negative support to the child. As a result, the child became increasingly worried about his lucky socks and having poor performance. I would describe this as a placebo ONLY IF the child who played well the next day had clean socks but didn't know it. If their parents agreed not to washed the socks, but washed them anyways secretly, then the placebo would be in place. In turn, the positive encounter between the child and parent elevated the child's self esteem and therefore the child's performance. Consequently, if the other child's parents disagreed to not wash the socks, and they simply forgot to wash them, but the child thought they were clean, then the negative encounter would resonate with the child and result in poor performance. This would also be a placebo in the reverse expectation.
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Post by Angelika T. on Sept 21, 2017 19:05:51 GMT
Great observation. Yes parents do influence their children, and perhaps this scenario can in a way show how parenting styles effect the child's well being. Keep in mind that a placebo is a belief and the point that you brought up of the child being unaware or aware of having clean or dirty socks is a good way of further testing the effect.
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