来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第20集 第20集》

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  There's a sense that this might really make me get better
  有一种这也许真的会让我好起来的想法
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  and that hope could be powerful.
  希望可以极具力量
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  Sometimes this is viewed under the rubric of a placebo effect,
  有时这是安慰剂作用下产生的观点
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  which is that maybe the benefits you get
  你从治疗中得到的收益
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  from therapy aren't due to
  可能并非是
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  anything in particular the therapist does to you
  治疗本身带来的
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  but rather to the belief that things are going to get better,
  而是事情会好转的信念
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  something is being done that will help you.
  这些所作所为能帮助你
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  And this belief can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  这种信念会成为自证预言
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  "Placebo effect" Is often used sort of in a dismissive way,
  "安慰剂效应"通常不受重视
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  "Oh, it's just a placebo,"
  "哦 这只是安慰剂"
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  But placebos can be powerful
  但安慰剂可以很有用