Norman Cousins Used His Personal Experience with Illness and Healing

question 39

Multiple Choice

Norman Cousins used his personal experience with illness and healing to accomplish which of the following?​

• A) ​He worked outside of conventional medicine to advocate for alternatives.
• B) ​He helped shift healthcare from the biomedical to biopsychosocial model.
• C) ​He demonstrated that alternative medicine cured all autoimmune diseases.
• D) ​He proved positive emotions were always superior to traditional medicine.

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Definitions:

Misinformation Effect

The phenomenon where a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information.

Memory

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information, allowing learning and adaptation from past experiences.

Misleading Information

Incorrect or misleading facts presented to an individual, which may affect their perceptions, decisions, or memories.

Event

An event is an occurrence or happening, often significant or memorable, that can be isolated in time and space or be part of a series.