HEALTH (1ST QUIZ)

Unproven, usually ineffective, and sometimes dangerous medicines and treatments.

these can artist know that their cures don’t work.

• QUACKERY

• CHARLATANS

• WISHFUL THINKERS

• DELUSION QUACK

whether they’ve studies medicine or not, these quacks have an antagonistic view toward the established medical community.

• CHARLATANS

• WISHFUL THINKERS

• DELUSION QUACK

• QUACKERY

those who perpetuate quackery may do not so to take advantage of ignorance

about conventional medical treatments versus alternative treatments, or may themselves be ignorant regarding their own claims.

• COST

• PLACEBO EFFECT

• REGRESSION FALLACY

• IGNORANCE

also called myside bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, or prioritize information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypothesis.

• CONFIRMATION BIAS

• DISTRUST OF CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE

• CONSPIRACY THEORIES

• DESPERATION

there are some people who simply cannot afford conventional treatment, and seek out a cheaper alternative

• DESPERATION

• COST

• FEAR OF SIDE EFFECTS

• FRAUD

certain ‘self-limiting conditions’, such as warts and the common cold, almost always improve, in the latter case in a rather predictable amount of time.

• REGRESSION FALLACY

• CONFIRMATION BIAS

• PRIDE

• CONSPIRACY THEORIES

some practitioners, fully aware of the ineffectiveness of their medicine, may intentionally produce fraudulent scientific studies and medical test results.

• COST

• FRAUD

• DESPERATION

• IGNORANCE

medicines or treatments known to have no pharmacological effect on a disease can still affect a person’s perception of their illness, and this belief in its turn does indeed sometimes have a therapeutic effect, causing the patient’s condition to improve.

• PRIDE

• FEAR OF SIDE EFFECTS

• PLACEBO EFFECT

• FRAUD

once a person has endorse or defended a cure, or invested time and money in it, he may be reluctant to admit its ineffectiveness.

• PRIDE

• FRAUD

• COST

• IGNORANCE