If a Hypnotized Person Is Told Not to Feel Pain

question 38

Multiple Choice

If a hypnotized person is told not to feel pain during surgery without anesthesia, which of the following outcomes is most likely?

• A) The pain sensations still occur, but they are not emotionally distressing.
• B) The pain receptors do not respond to the cuts.
• C) The pain receptors carry a message as far as the spinal cord, but the message stops in the spinal cord.
• D) The person feels the same pain as any nonhypnotized person, and reacts to it as strongly.

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Definitions:

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the volume of output produced, such as rent, salaries, or loan payments.

Mortgage Payments

Regular payments made to repay a loan taken out to purchase property, typically consisting of both principal and interest components.

Utility Costs

Utility costs are expenses for basic services such as electricity, gas, water, and telecommunications required for operating a business or maintaining a home.

Marginal Cost

The escalation of the total expenditure incurred from making one more unit of a product or service.