Gerald Has Been Spending a Good Deal of Time Reading

question 31

Multiple Choice

Gerald has been spending a good deal of time reading about elderly nursing-home patients, their ailments, and the physical decline that they experience.When he returns home, his wife comments that Gerald is walking slowly and seems to be stooped over, as though he were physically weaker.Gerald has probably been influenced by

• A) ideomotor action.
• B) autosuggestion.
• C) self-hypnosis.
• D) an excessive empathic response.

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