An Epidemiologist Uses the Epidemiological Triangle to Explain the Occurrence

question 15

Multiple Choice

An epidemiologist uses the epidemiological triangle to explain the occurrence of disease by looking at the three main components of the model: the host, the environment, and the agent. The PHN understands that the agent could be one of many types except:

• A)Biological and chemical.
• B)Nutritive.
• C)Physical.
• D)Ecological.

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Definitions:

Disconfirmable Hypotheses

Hypotheses that can be tested with the potential to be shown false through evidence or experimentation.

Occam's Razor

A principle suggesting that the simplest explanation is often the correct one when presented with competing hypotheses.

Countertransference

A psychological phenomenon where therapists project their own personal biases, feelings, and experiences onto their patients.

Topographic Model

A theory in psychoanalysis introduced by Freud that divides the human psyche into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious.