Exam 7: Understanding and Managing Pain

The three primary kinds of headaches are:

What might be a reinforcer for pain behavior?

Primary afferents convey sensory impulses to the

Participants who are socially excluded show more activity in the anterior cingulate cortex,similar to people who are experiencing _____________.

Kyle is experiencing headaches and his partner has taken over the household chores.Research by Pence et al.(2008)would suggest that Kyle's headaches are likely to

Behavior modification techniques rely most heavily on

A personality inventory sometimes used to assess pain is the

Rosa suffers from recurrent attacks of pain that are accompanied by exaggerated sensitivity to light,loss of appetite,and nausea.From these characteristics you would diagnose Rosa as having

In behavior modification programs for pain management,pain behaviors are

Relaxation training has been used successfully to

Wendy suffers from headaches that occur nearly every day for about a month,but then go away for about a year or more.From this description,it appears that Wendy suffers from

Wilbert Fordyce,along with others who advocate a behavior modification view of pain,claimed that

With regard to migraine headaches,

Almost ____ of all cancer patients' pain was untreated.

What types of headaches are more common in men than in women?

According to the gate control theory,pain has only sensory components.

Matthew is running a marathon and trips over a pile of acorns,but finishes the race.Afterwards,he finds out his ankle is sprained.What theory best accounts for the fact that Matthew did not immediately stop running after tripping?

According to the gate control theory,emotions such as ______ could increase pain by affecting the gate to open,whereas emotions such as _____ could decrease pain by affecting the gate to close.

The most common type of pain is low back pain.

More than half of all sensory afferents are