How Would Gate Control Theory Explain This: Michelle Has a Bad

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Short Answer

How would gate control theory explain this: Michelle has a bad headache.She starts watching an engaging television show and she no longer notices the pain.The television show ends,and she starts complaining about the pain.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcer

An unpleasant stimulus that, when removed following a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Probability

The extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favorable cases to the whole number of possible cases.

Escape Conditioning

A learning process in which an organism learns to perform a behavior to terminate an aversive stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of a behavior because it removes or diminishes a negative outcome or stimulus.