According to Descartes' Specificity Theory of Pain, ________

question 1

Multiple Choice

According to Descartes' specificity theory of pain, ________.

• A) there is a one-to-one correspondence between tissue damage and pain
• B) only very specific types of tissue damage lead to pain
• C) specific attention is required to feel pain
• D) the brain can localize the source of pain on the body

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Definitions:

Descent Group

A social group whose members talk about common ancestry.

Lineage Group

A social group tracing descent from a common ancestor, thus forming a basic unit in the social structure of many societies.

Kinship Group

A social network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations.

Mitochondrial DNA

Genetic material found in mitochondria, distinct from nuclear DNA, and inherited matrilineally, used in studies of genetic ancestry and evolutionary biology.