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EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

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Biofeedback is a method that makes patients aware of physiological changes in their bodies using medical equipment. Operant conditioning is at work in biofeedback; a patient is given sensory feedback about involuntary functions and taught to regulate one or more biological states. Which method of biofeedback is often used to treat migraine headaches and Reynaud’s disease (discoloration in fingers or toes)?
  1. Galvanic skin response
  2. Electroencephalography
  3. Thermal biofeedback
  4. Electromyography
Explanation
Answer: C - Thermal biofeedback measures peripheral skin temperature with the aim of teaching the patient to increase that temperature and is commonly used to treat migraine headaches and Reynaud’s disease.
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