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A patient is admitted to the neurologic critical care unit with a severe closed head injury.All four extremities are in rigid extension, the forearms are hyperpronated, and the legs are in plantar extension.How should the nurse chart this condition?
Stereotype Threat
The suspicion a member of a group holds that he or she will be judged based on a common stereotype of the group.
Confirmation Bias
The tendency to focus on information relevant to a belief and ignoring or downplaying information that is inconsistent with that belief.
Anchoring and Adjustment
A cognitive bias where individuals rely too heavily on an initial piece of information (the "anchor") when making decisions, with adjustments made too conservatively.
Representativeness
A cognitive heuristic where an individual judges the probability or frequency of an event by how much the event resembles the typical case.
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