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Psychology Test sobre Chapter 4 - part 6: Our Sense of Touch: Sensory Systems in the Skin, creado por Vincent Voltaire el 10/02/2020.

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Chapter 4 - part 6: Our Sense of Touch: Sensory Systems in the Skin

Chapter 4 - part 6: Our Sense of Touch: Sensory Systems in the Skin

Pregunta 1 de 10

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What happens to the perception of pressure if a stimulus is applied continuously to a specific spot on the skin?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • It fades in some receptive fields, but increases in others.

  • It increases over time.

  • It gradually fades.

  • It fades only if the pressure is pulsatile.

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 10

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What route is taken by nerve fibres that carry information about pressure from the surface of the skin on the left side of the body?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • past the spinal column and into the left temporal cortex

  • along the spinal meninges and terminating in the left parietal somatosensory cortex

  • through the spinal column and into the right frontal motor cortex

  • through the spinal column and into the right parietal somatosensory cortex

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 10

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Which pain pathway transmits information about an injury that has just occurred?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • fast

  • geniculate

  • slow

  • medial

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 10

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Which pathway for pain results in the experience of pain being less localized and longer lasting?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • endorphin

  • generic

  • slow

  • thalamic

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 10

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What structures do neural transmission in the slow pain pathway depend on?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • pulsating neural impulses called pain spindles

  • opponent process receptors in the area surrounding the injury

  • thicker, myelinated neurons called A-delta fibres

  • thin, unmyelinated neurons called C fibres

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 10

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Catelin has had a slow throbbing pain in her ankle since she twisted it while in-line skating last week. Where are these pain signals travelling?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • along thin, unmyelinated C fibres

  • through periacqueductal gray neurons in the midbrain

  • along ungated endorphin pathways in the hypothalamus

  • through thick, myelinated A-delta fibres

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 10

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Derek dropped a hammer on his foot and shrieked a split second later at the intense pain from a newly broken toe. How did the almost instantaneous pain signals travel?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • along thick, myelinated A-delta fibres

  • through periacqueductal gray neurons in the midbrain

  • along thin, unmyelinated C fibres

  • through gated endorphin pathways in the hypothalamus

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 10

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Which of the following accurately describes the role of culture for pain perception?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Race has a larger impact on pain perception than does culture.

  • Culture has no impact on pain perception or attitudes toward pain.

  • Culture affects willingness to tolerate pain, but not the process of pain perception.

  • Cultural rules dictate the amount of pain experienced, but only above a certain innate threshold.

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 10

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Which theory can account for the fact that people suffering from pain sometimes report pain relief from a sugar pill placebo?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cognitive control

  • sensory adaptation

  • perceptual constancy

  • gate control

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 10

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Which of the following helps to explain an athlete’s ability to play with a broken foot and not feel the pain until much later?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • overactive thyroid response

  • hypnotic induction control theory of pain

  • sympathetic nervous system control mechanisms

  • gate-control theory of pain

Explicación

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