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A firm is looking to construct a new office. It puts out a request for proposals from contractors inviting their price quotations given certain defined specifications. This is an example of:

Elucidate the gate theory of pain and its implications for pain management.
identify the distinctions between self-induced and externally induced sensations, such as tickling.
Recognize the chemical and neurotransmitter processes involved in sensation and perception, including itch and pain.
Define and identify the cutaneous senses and their role in detecting environmental stimuli.

Definitions:

Weber's Law

A principle stating that the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus.

Just Noticeable Difference

The minimal change in a stimulus that can just barely be detected by an organism.

Absolute Threshold

The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50 percent of the time the stimulation is present.

Stimulus

is any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.

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