Tyrone Has Provided a Random Urine Sample, and You Are

question 73

Multiple Choice

Tyrone has provided a random urine sample, and you are performing a routine urinalysis. The specific gravity of the urine is 1.043. Which of the following conditions might the physician suspect based on this result?

• A) Hepatic disease
• B) Overhydration
• C) Diabetes insipidus
• D) Chronic renal disease
• E) Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Definitions:

Shaping

a method of training by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced until the behavior is achieved.

Successive Approximations

A method used in behavioral psychology involving the reinforcement of behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.

Reinforcements

In psychology, reinforcements refer to incentives or consequences that strengthen the behavior they follow, making it more likely to occur in the future.

Chaining

A behavioral technique of teaching complex tasks by breaking them down into simpler steps or components.