Imagine That You Are Participating in a Friend's Psychology Experiment

question 45

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are participating in a friend's psychology experiment. She asks you to close your eyes and hold out your finger. She tells you that she will prick your finger with a needle in the same place several times and then will start to prick other places. Your task is to tell her when you first feel the pin prick in a different place. She then repeats the same process but starts on your back. You might predict that the distance at which you could first detect a pin prick in a new location would be:

• A) much smaller on the finger than the back
• B) much smaller on the back than the finger
• C) approximately equal in the two places
• D) a little bit smaller on the finger than the back

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Understand the purposes of using local anesthesia and adjuvants like epinephrine.

Identify the considerations for patient care post-surgery, including wound care and healing.

Recognize the importance of sterile technique in preventing infection.

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