A Patient Has Been Unable to Participate in the Prescribed

question 41

Multiple Choice

A patient has been unable to participate in the prescribed exercise program during the last week because of a pulmonary embolus and demonstrates significantly decreased strength on re-examination.What principle of strengthening does this demonstrate?

• A)Overload principle
• B)Specificity principle
• C)Cross-training principle
• D)Reversibility principle

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Definitions:

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty as a consequence of an undesirable action, aimed at reducing that behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology where a response increases because a negative condition is removed or avoided.

Secondary Reinforcer

A type of reinforcer which does not satisfy a basic biological need but has been learned to be valuable through association with primary reinforcers.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with a meaningful stimulus.