Exam 9: Understanding and Managing Pain

Psychologists believe that work stress produces physical pain, rather than that physical pain leads to work stress. This conclusion is based on the results of ______ research.

"Hypnosis is not really a unique or special approach to managing pain." Support this statement by explaining how hypnosis incorporates other behavioral or cognitive techniques for pain management that may seem less "special" or "mysterious," and how hypnosis may reflect placebo and expectancy effects.

More than a half-century ago, Beecher (1959) found that some pain reduction was reported by just over ______ of those given a placebo instead of the morphine they believed they were receiving.

Which sequence correctly arranges the types of pain medication with respect to their sites of action, from MOST peripheral to MOST central?

Which type of pain is correctly matched with an example?

Increasing the experience of pain is to decreasing the experience of pain as ______ is to ______.

Biofeedback is NOT widely used for managing pain because ______.

Attempting to take one's mind off one's pain is largely ineffective.

To dull her arthritis pain, Sadie takes two over-the-counter anti-inflammatory pills containing mainly acetaminophen. These pills are MOST likely to block pain signals ______.

Based on the textbook's discussion, a health psychologist should expect a(n) ______ correlation between scores on an inventory of catastrophizing beliefs about pain and the frequency with which coping strategies such as avoidance and wishful thinking are used. Higher scores on the inventory indicate a greater tendency to catastrophize with respect to pain.

As compared to those receiving medication for migraines, chronic migraine patients who receive massage therapy report experiencing ______.

People in chronic pain are ______ times as likely to feel anxious or depressed as people who are not in pain.

Patients with back pain are MOST likely to find that exercise ______.

Surgery generally offers long-lasting relief from back pain.

It is estimated that up to ______ of the effectiveness of a placebo may reflect the practitioner's attitude toward it.