Melzack's theory that some pain messages can block other pain messages is called

a. physiological nystagmus.
b. the endorphin theory.
c. the gate control theory.
d. receptor interlocking.

ANSWER: c

Psychology

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a) considered to be simple and crude, resulting in lower rates of insanity. b) considered to have a higher level of cognitive sophistication, resulting in lower rates of insanity. c) thought to be the same as all people, so their rates of insanity were equal to "non-native" peoples. d) not subjected to the ills of living in an industrialized society, resulting in lower rates of insanity.

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Dissonance theory assumes that justification

(a) involves self-consciously talking to yourself (b) involves awareness of the dissonance (c) involves conscious awareness of the techniques used to reduce dissonance (d) always involves a change in behavior (e) may be unconscious

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