If You Are Hypnotized in Order to Achieve Pain Relief

question 26

Multiple Choice

If you are hypnotized in order to achieve pain relief, you should expect that hypnosis would ____.

• A) block the sensation of pain
• B) not be very effective in reducing pain
• C) change the perception of pain
• D) work for minor but not major pain

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Definitions:

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences, often resulting from study, instruction, or experience.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Desensitization

The diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive, or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it.