When You Have an Injury, You May First Experience a Sharp

question 47

Multiple Choice

When you have an injury, you may first experience a sharp pain followed by a dull pain. This example illustrates ________.

• A) double pain
• B) the gate control of pain
• C) endorphins
• D) paradoxical cold

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A branch of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and disregards the mental processes.

Structuralists

Early psychologists who analyzed the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to understand the structure of the mind.

Ethologists

Scientists who study animal behavior in natural environments, focusing on instinctive or innate behaviors.

Intervening Variable

A variable that mediates the relationship between a dependent variable and an independent variable.