A Seizure Which Begins as Simple Jerking of an Extremity

question 53

Multiple Choice

A seizure which begins as simple jerking of an extremity but evolves into an episode represented by tonic and clonic symptomatology is likely a:

• A)simple seizure.
• B)generalized seizure.
• C)secondarily generalized seizure.
• D)absence seizure.

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Definitions:

Ghrelin

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Intrinsic Motivation

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Optimal Level of Arousal

A theory suggesting that individuals have a preferred level of stimulation or arousal that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulation.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method that happens by linking an external stimulus with a stimulus that occurs naturally.