What Are the Risk Factors Associated with Peptic Ulcer Disease

question 13

Multiple Choice

What are the risk factors associated with peptic ulcer disease? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

• A)Drinking caffeine
• B)Family history
• C)Blood type A
• D)Smoking tobacco
• E)Acetaminophen (Tylenol)intake for pain

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Definitions:

Contrast Effects

The alteration of perception or judgment of one thing, caused by the recent exposure to a different level of the same or another stimulus.

Absolute Thresholds

Absolute thresholds refer to the minimum intensity of a stimulus that is required for a person to detect its presence 50% of the time.

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensitivity to stimuli decreases over time as an organism adapts to current conditions.

Perceptual Preferences

Individual differences in the ways people prefer to take in, process, and interpret sensory information from the world around them.