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c0205847 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Which of these is NOT a distinction between chronic and acute pain?

A) Acute pain is usually adaptive; chronic pain is not.
B) Acute pain is physical; chronic pain is psychological.
C) Chronic pain is frequently reinforced environmentally; acute pain needs no such reinforcement.
D) Chronic pain has no biological benefit; acute pain warns the person to avoid further injury.

Question 2

Victoria has just cut her hand with a sharp knife. The pain she feels can best be described as

A) acute.
B) pre-chronic.
C) chronic intractable.
D) chronic.