The Gate-Control Theory of Pain Has Difficulty Explaining

question 420

Multiple Choice

The gate-control theory of pain has difficulty explaining:

• A) why mild pressure can interfere with severe pain.
• B) why distraction can keep us from feeling pain as we usually would.
• C) how the phenomenon of phantom pain can occur.
• D) how thoughts and feelings can influence our reactions to pain.

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Definitions:

Median

A statistic specifying the middle value of the items in a class on a quantitative variable P.

Parasites

Organisms that live on or within another organism (the host), from which they obtain nutrients at the host's expense.

Relative Frequency

The proportion of times a particular value occurs in relation to the total number of observations.

Distribution

The arrangement, frequency, or spread of something across a particular area or among a specified group.