How Does Your Text Explain the Fact That the Pain

question 55

Multiple Choice

How does your text explain the fact that the pain threshold is lower among women than among men? Is this a bottom-up or a top-down account?

• A) Women are not encouraged to be stoic in the face of pain. This is a bottom-up account.
• B) Women have more pain receptors in their skin than do men. This is a bottom-up account.
• C) Women are not encouraged to be stoic in the face of pain. This is a top-down account.
• D) Women have more pain receptors in their skin than do men. This is a top-down account.

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