Mr. Bixler, a patient at Somnia Hospital, has a medical record containing several diagnoses and treatment regimens. A student nurse was assigned to care for Mr. Bixler, so she read his chart
She did not understand the meaning of obstructive sleep apnea, so she asked the head nurse for assistance. How did the head nurse describe this condition?
a) The patient is mentally ill and tends to try to suffocate himself at times.
b) The patient cannot sleep unless he has several pillows he uses to deaden sounds that might waken him.
c) The patient appears to awaken throughout the night and start walking, but he will not respond to commands.
d) The patient has a potentially life-threatening condition in which air does not flow into or out of his nose or mouth for periods of time while he is asleep.
D
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You remember a friend of yours in elementary school stuck his tongue on a pole on a playground swing set in the middle of winter. He yelled in pain, but finally pulled his tongue off the pole. He said, "I'll never do that again, it hurts!" His behavior of putting his tongue on the pole involved ____ since he never did it again.
A. negative punishment B. positive punishment C. salient punishment D. primary punishment
Emily is chosen as Student of the Day. Gretel is angry that she was not selected, and she calls Emily a "do-do head." This is an example of ______________ aggression.
A) hostile B) instrumental C) passive D) relational
Your dog jumps up on you when you get home. You eliminate this behavior by withholding you attention and ignoring the dog when it jumps on you. This is called
a. classical conditioning. b. negative reinforcement. c. punishment. d. operant extinction.
Much of the research on _______________ has been flawed since few have had a proper design and suitable controls
a. phototherapy b. antidepressants c. chemotherapy d. hypnosis