When a Patient Comes into the Office for a Blood

question 37

Short Answer

When a patient comes into the office for a blood pressure check due to hypertension, the ________ is Hypertension.

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Definitions:

Physical Punishment

The application of physical power aimed at making someone feel pain, without causing harm, in order to achieve correction or manage behavior.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens a behavior’s occurrence.

Omission Training

A method in behavioral psychology where a desirable outcome is removed following unwanted behavior, as a form of negative punishment.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual decrease and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.