If the Patient Is a Minor, Consent to the Disclosure

question 22

Multiple Choice

If the patient is a minor, consent to the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) must be provided by a parent or:

• A) grandparent.
• B) legal guardian.
• C) sibling.
• D) teacher.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, often used to explain behavior modification.

Pavlov

Refers to Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist best known for his discovery of classical conditioning, where he demonstrated how reflexes could be conditioned or learned through association.

Behavior Therapy

A type of therapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors through reinforcement, punishment, and other learning principles.

Methodological Behaviorism

A branch of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and their relationship to environmental stimuli, excluding inner thoughts and feelings from its study.