Author Question: One example of classical conditioned pain is Toby assuming he will have pain when he goes to the ... (Read 35 times)

audie · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

One example of classical conditioned pain is Toby assuming he will have pain when he goes to the dentist, due to his previous experience of having his tooth drilled for a filling.

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Beecher (1955) compared World War II soldiers' experiences of pain on the battlefield with the pain experienced by civilians. He found that for injuries of similar severity, approximately 80 of the civilians requested painkillers and only 33 of the soldiers requested pain killers. The stress of battle, and possibly the realization that their injuries meant the soldiers were returning home, seems to lessen the soldiers' pain.

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