A 27-Year-Old Male Is Admitted to a Neurologic Unit with a Complete

question 34

Multiple Choice

A 27-year-old male is admitted to a neurologic unit with a complete C-5 spinal cord transection.On initial assessment, he is bradycardic, hypotensive, and hyperventilating.He appears to be going into shock.The most likely mechanism of his shock is:

• A) hypovolemia caused by blood loss.
• B) hypovolemia caused by evaporative fluid losses.
• C) vasodilation caused by gram-negative bacterial infection.
• D) vasodilation caused by a decrease in sympathetic stimulation.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Changes

Modifications or adjustments in the actions or reactions of an individual, often as a result of interventions, experiences, or learning.

Operant Conditioning

A training technique in which a conduct's vigor is adjusted by means of incentivization or discipline.

Thorndike's Experiments

Early 20th-century experiments conducted by Edward Thorndike focusing on learning and behavior in animals, leading to the formulation of the law of effect.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.