​Valid and Reliable Measures of Pain Are Important to Health

question 97

Multiple Choice

​Valid and reliable measures of pain are important to health psychologists primarily because

• A) ​such measurements permit accurate evaluation of various pain therapy programs.
• B) ​self-reports are more useful than physiological measures.
• C) ​pain is a product of both physiological and emotional factors.
• D) ​behavioral assessments are more reliable and valid.

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