PSYC 515 Final || with Complete Solutions.

Definition of pain correct answers the sensory and emotional experience of discomfort, which is usually associated with actual or threatened tissue damage or irritation. Components of pain correct answers -Location -Intensity -Quality -Duration -Temporal patterning Chronic pain correct answers Lasts greater than 3 months. Chronic-recurrent pain correct answers benign causes, repeated and intense episodes. ex- migraine & tension headaches Chronic-intractable-benign pain correct answers discomfort present all the time with varying intensity. ex-chronic back pain Chronic-progressive pain correct answers continuous pain/discomfort, gets more intense as underlying condition worsens. ex-cancer or rheumatoid arthritis Acute pain correct answers Lasts less than 3 months Organic pain correct answers the pain we experience that is clearly linked to tissue pressure or damage Psychogenic pain correct answers pain for which no physical cause can be identified, could result from psychological processes. Nociception (pain perception) correct answers nerves carry signals along either... A delta fibers (Myelinated, fast moving) sharp pain C fibers (unmyelinated, slower moving) duller pain/aching Fibers enter the spinal cord and ascend to the brain Neuropathic pain correct answers pain without a direct environmental/tissue cause. Neuralagia correct answers recurrent episodes of intense shooting or stabbing pain along a nerve Causalgia correct answers recurrent episodes of severe, burning pain Phantom limb pain correct answers perception of pain in a limb that person no longer has. How pain is studied in a lab correct answers -Cold pressor: arm in ice water