What Factors Might Interfere with the Health Maintenance Activities of a 76-Year-Old

question 15

Multiple Choice

What factors might interfere with the health maintenance activities of a 76-year-old patient? (Select all that apply.)

• A) A belief that diminished health is part of aging
• B) Loss of a spouse 3 months ago
• C) Having a physical examination every year
• D) Living in an assisted living facility and not driving
• E) Having no family

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An educational technique that influences the strength of a behavior by awarding reinforcements or imposing penalties.

Operant Conditioning

An approach to teaching that relies on using incentives and penalties for actions, focusing on how outcomes affect actions.

Classical Conditioning

Learning by the method of associating an environmental stimulus with one that happens naturally.

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors through the use of reinforcement of successive approximations toward a desired behavior.