Regarding the experience of pain, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Acupuncture has been shown to cure diseases and produce long-term pain relief in 80 percent of the people tested.
b. Sensory inputs from the area of the missing limb conflict with the neuromatrix, which interprets the conflict as a phantom limb, complete with phantom limb pain.
c. Acupuncture needles activate the large pain fibers, which close the spinal gate directly.
d. Phantom limb pain is best explained by the gate control theory.
B
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a. dopamine. b. GABA. c. norepinephrine. d. serotonin and epinephrine.
Samantha simultaneously performs two different tasks, each of which demands some level of attention. Samantha's state of consciousness is best described as
a. divided consciousness. b. mindfulness. c. selective consciousness. d. drifting consciousness. e. focused awareness.
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a. warn her that she should take time to get to know Jim since comprehensive self-descriptions online force people to construct profiles that are more easily determined over time in a face-to-face relationship. b. provide empirical evidence that online beginnings are rarely stable over time. c. be excited for Megan since Jim's online profile indicates he earns a high salary and is above average in attractiveness. d. tell Megan that she has read research that shows people who feel anonymous will decrease their likelihood of deception when constructing a virtual identity.
A type of day care in which several paid providers care for many children in a space designed especially for the purpose of day care is called
center day care. decentralized day care. nonfamilial day care. extrafamilial day care.