A mother asks the nurse how to stop her 5-year-old son from throwing temper tantrums every time they go to the grocery store. According to the behaviorist theoretical approach, the nurse's response would be to instruct the mother to:
a. make sure he is secured in the cart
b. encourage him to express his needs
c. ignore the behavior and focus on the shopping list
d. give him a cookie to be quiet
C
By ignoring the behavior, the mother would implement a behavioral approach of extension. Extinction of undesirable behaviors is a result of withdrawal of attention from those behaviors. In this situation the behavior is the temper tantrum.
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A) Self-care and safety B) Autonomy and need C) Health promotion and exercise D) Dependence and health
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a. Shigella organisms b. Salmonella organisms c. Giardia lamblia d. Escherichia coli
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