In 1972, an eleven-year-old member of a tribe that inhabits the Fiji islands walked on white-hot coals. He seemed to experience no pain. The gate-control theory of pain would explain this by maintaining that ________
a. because of the warm and cold receptors in his feet, he experienced the heat from the coals as paradoxical heat
b. sensory nerves in the spinal cord prevented the impulse from reaching his brain
c. he was able to "will" the sensory neurons in his feet to shut down while he was walking on the coals
d. by consciously focusing on other stimuli, his frontal lobes were able to ignore the pain messages coming up the spinal cord
Answer: b
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A) Psychodynamic therapies are ineffective in treating psychological disorders. B) Psychodynamic therapies are extremely effective in treating almost all psychological disorders. C) The effectiveness of psychodynamic therapies has never been scientifically tested. D) Psychodynamic therapies may be effective for less serious disorders, but does not work well for people with severe mental illness.
According to Freud, the Oedipal conflict is resolved when the
a. son represses his desire for his mother and begins to identify with his father. b. father represses his desire for his mother and begins to identify with his son. c. son desires his mother, and he identifies with his father in an attempt to get her for himself. d. son never desired his mother. He identifies with his father because he is a male child.