What Process Is Predicted by the Gate Theory of Pain

question 16

Multiple Choice

 What process is predicted by the gate theory of pain?

• A) Pain information grows more intense as it passes each synapse on its way to the brain.
• B) Non-pain information can inhibit pain information.
• C) Intense pain can shut out all other sensory information.
• D) The intensity of pain experience depends entirely on the excitability of pain receptors.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their differences, significant in the context of conditioning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was initially conditioned.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning where a stimulus that was previously neutral becomes a conditioned stimulus by being paired with another conditioned stimulus.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding successive approximations toward a desired behavior.