test 2 ; health psychology Flashcards
If you touch something hot with your hand, and you perceive the heat, which kinds of nerve cells sent the signal to your brain?
Afrrent Neurons
As a toddler, Colleen did not seem to be bothered when she fell or bumped herself and as a child, Colleen walked through a barbed-wire fence, badly cutting her leg, but did not notice any pain. Since then, she has had several serious injuries that she did not notice because she did not feel pain. What is this condition called?
Congenital insensitivity
Suppose that, while hammering nails, you accidentally smash your thumb. The pain you feel originates in your
Peripheral Nervous System : spinal cord -> brain
A man may feel arm pain and a woman may feel jaw or neck pain when having a heart attack. Patients often feel shoulder pain following a liver biopsy. Why do these examples of referred pain happen?
Intense stimulation can spread from pathways for organs to those for senses in the skin.
C. A. Strong (1895) was first to propose which of the following about pain?
Psychological and physiological factors had an equal importance in pain.
A stage of pain that is considered critical because it represents a turning point that can determine future pain is the stage of
prechronic pain
John J. Bonica (1990), a pioneer in pain research, proposed that acute pain could become
chronic when pain behaviors were reinforced
Among theories of pain, which of the following finds pain commensurate with tissue damage or injury rather than relative to both physiological and psychological influences?
Specificity theory
Gate Theory
pain perception is subjected to a number of modulations that influence the experience of pain
Gate control trigger
nerve impulses that descend from the brain and influence the gate mechanism
Gate Theory : Gate control Examples
- distractions or relaxation could cause the gate to close, causing a decrease in pain
- While boredom or anxiety could open the gate, causing more pain
Periaqueductal Gray
an area of the brain involved in modulation of pain ; the stimulation of this area causes pain relief in people - essential for survival
Afferent neurons
Sensory neurons of that rely on information from the sense organs TOWARDS the brain
Effrent Neurons
Sensory neurons of that rely on information from the sense organs AWAY to the brain
Which type of pain syndrome is the most common in human beings?
Headache pain
Which of the following is true about low back pain?
Most people do not have a definite reason why this pain is present
Which of the following is accurate regarding fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis?
Most common in Women
fibromyalgia
tender points throughout
the body ; not considered arthritis
osteoarthritis
Inflammation of the joints, which illness attacks mainly older populations
rheumatoid arthritis
an autoimmune disorder characterized by swelling and inflammation of the joints as well as destruction of cartilage, bone, and tendons
Patients with which type of cancer experience relatively less pain than the others?
lukemia cancer
Richa had root canal surgery last year, which removed the nerve from her affected tooth, yet she still feels sensations of tenderness in that tooth. What is most correct about this?
This is an example of phantom limb pain, which is not limited to just limbs.
Among self-report measures of pain, which aspect of pain do standardized psychological tests like the MMPI and the Symptom Checklist-90 assess that rating scales and questionnaires like the MPQ and MPI do not?
Falsifying a person’s pain
Standardized psychological tests like the MMPI and the Symptom Checklist-90 assess that rating scales and questionnaires like the MPQ and MPI check for
- intensity of a person’s pain
- impacts from living with the pain
- the qualities of a person’s pain
