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Which of the Following Is Grounds for Obtaining Informed Consent

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Which of the following is grounds for obtaining informed consent to the treatment of an adult patient from a person other than the patient him or herself?


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Extinction Procedure

A behavioral technique in which reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued, leading to a decrease in the frequency of the behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A process of acquiring knowledge in which the force of an activity is changed by either positive reinforcement or penalties.

Token Economy

A behavioral therapy method that involves rewarding desired behaviors with tokens that can be exchanged for various privileges or treats.

Operant-conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reward or punishment.

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