Health Psychology Week 5 Quiz

Health Psychology Week 5 Pain has important medical consequences because A. patients' delay behavior is related to the experience of debilitating pain. B. practitioners are trained to devote a significant amount of time to diagnosing the source of pain, which often impairs the quality of medical interactions. C. it is the symptom most likely to lead an individual to seek treatment. D. after death, pain is the most feared aspect of illness or medical treatment. Athletes who continue to play, despite bein g injured, may be experiencing a short -term reduction of pain sensitivity due to A. sympathetic arousal. B. parasympathetic arousal. C. effective training and coaching. D. activities that focus their attention on the pain. Pain behaviors A. are obser vable, measurable behaviors that are manifestations of chronic pain. B. have proven useful in identifying the dynamics of different pain syndromes. C. are used in assessing the impact of pain on quality of life. D. All of these. Nociception is the ______ _________ of pain. A. physiological process B. chemical process