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dalyningkenk

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The theory of pain proposed by Melzack and Wall has been called the _____ theory.
 
  A) gate control
  B) sensory decision
  C) cognitive-emotional
  D) tension-reduction

Question 2

Which of these findings casts doubt on the specificity theory of pain?
 
  A) Researchers have failed to find specific skin receptors devoted to relaying pain.
  B) Phantom limb pain occurs in 70 of amputees.
  C) Injury can occur without pain, such as that experienced by the soldiers at Anzio beach.
  D) All of these are challenges to the validity of the specificity theory of pain.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


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