A Fall in Blood Pressure Associated with Position Changes from Lying

question 1

Multiple Choice

A fall in blood pressure associated with position changes from lying to sitting or sitting to standing is:

• A) syncope.
• B) orthostatic hypotension.
• C) orthostatic hypertension.
• D) lymphedema.

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Definitions:

Direction of Cause and Effect

Pertains to determining which variable influences the other in a cause-and-effect relationship.

Experimental Methods

Research designs involving the manipulation of variables to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Nonexperimental Methods

Research designs that do not involve the manipulation of variables or random assignment of participants.

Randomization

Controlling for the effects of extraneous variables by ensuring that the variables operate in a manner determined entirely by chance.