What Is the Function of Pain

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Multiple Choice

What is the function of pain?

• A) to cause an organism to decrease exposure to a damaging stimulus
• B) to elicit a reflex response
• C) to cause an organism to move toward a damaging stimulus
• D) to protect an organism from encountering harmful conditions

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Definitions:

Business Cycle

The natural rise and fall of economic growth over time, consisting of periods of expansion, peak, contraction, and trough.

Successive Peaks

Repeated achieving of higher levels or values in a given sequence, often used in the context of economic growth, stock market performance, or other measurements of success.

Contraction

A phase of the business cycle where there is a decline in national output and economic activity.

Standard Of Living

The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community, measured through income, employment, class disparity, poverty rate, and housing affordability.