When Patients Tell You They Have Not Been Getting Any

question 7

Multiple Choice

When patients tell you they have not been getting any sleep at night,you should ask:

• A) how long and where they sleep
• B) how long and when they sleep
• C) when and where they sleep
• D) what they do to help themselves stay awake after a poor night of sleep

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.

Backward Conditioning

A less common form of classical conditioning where the unconditioned stimulus is presented before the conditioned stimulus.

Learned Response

A behavior that has been acquired or modified as a result of experience or conditioning.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency; in biology, the dying out of a species.