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Alainaaa8

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on: Jun 22, 2018
For several years, Ted has had back pain that is sufficiently severe that he
  has not been able to work. Nevertheless, physicians do not believe that the pain is as severe as one would believe from Ted's reaction.
 
  They have come to believe that Ted's presentation of his pain symptoms is related to his family's response. What term do physicians use for this phenomenon?
   a) secondary gain
   b) family somatization
   c) dysfunctional family
   d) unconscious manifestation

Question 2

What analogy did Descartes use in order to help in conceptualizing pain?
 
  a) a herd of animals walking slowly over a person
   b) the slow dripping of water from a leaky bucket
   c) blades of grass in a lawn that move with every breeze
   d) an individual pulling the rope at the bottom of a tower causing the
   bell in the belfry to ring


ErinKing

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d


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