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You Are Looking After Your Sister's Cat Singa

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You are looking after your sister's cat Singa. While playing one evening, Singa accidentally bites you instead of the toy mouse you are holding. The bite wound is very small but is in the fleshy part of your hand. You wash the wound, which is not bleeding much, and put a band aid on it. The next day, your whole hand is red, swollen, and painful, and some lymph nodes in your arm are enlarged and tender. You call your sister, who is an RN. She urges you to go to the doctor, telling you that animal bites can sometimes be infected, and that if that is the case, you will need treatment before the infection gets any worse.
-You go to the urgent care in your neighborhood. There, a physician's assistant (PA) tells you that wounds caused by animal bites (especially cats) can be infected with

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Classical Conditioning

The method by which learning occurs by associating a stimulus that originates in the environment with a naturally existing one.

Operant Conditioning

Operant Conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Reflexive Behaviour

Automatic, involuntary actions or responses to stimuli, that do not require conscious thought.

Operant Conditioning

The process of acquiring knowledge by which a behavior's level is modified using encouragement or deterrents.