A single mother has been attending parenting classes with her 9-year-old son. The mother wants her son to begin doing some chores and asks him to clean his room
When she checks on him, she discovers he has picked up everything on the floor and tossed it onto a chair. The mother says, "You've done a nice job of picking up things off the floor." This is consistent with which technique of behavior modification?
A) Shaping
B) Modeling
C) Contracting
D) Premack principle
A
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Recalculate the gtt/min when this increase is put into effect. _____ a. 83 b. 63 c. 26 d. 21
The nurse in the health center on a college campus is talking to freshman students about the consequences of drinking alcohol. The nurse defines a standard drink as:
A) 12 ounces of regular beer. B) 6 ounces of malt liquor. C) 4 ounces of table wine. D) 3 ounce shot of whiskey.
A client having a stress test exhibits an increased heart rate and stronger cardiac contraction but no chest pain. What is occurring to this client's coronary arteries?
1. Constriction 2. Dilation 3. Vasospasm 4. No change is occurring.
The nurse is talking to a client with depression when the client says, "I don't know why my son turned out like he did. I never thought that he would rob a bank! I don't know what I did wrong. I know that he didn't grow up with a father, but I gave him everything. I wish I could start over and do things differently." Which response by the nurse would be therapeutic?
A. "You seem to be feeling regret." B. "Don't blame yourself. Some people just turn out bad no matter what." C. "All we can do is give our children love and do our very best. The rest is up to them." D. "Do I hear you saying that you feel that your son's behavior was caused by his upbringing?"