When Scheduling Allergy Testing, You Should Instruct the Patient to Discontinue

question 34

Multiple Choice

When scheduling allergy testing, you should instruct the patient to discontinue all antihistamines for how long prior to the appointment?

• A) 7 days
• B) 30 days
• C) 10 days
• D) 2-3 days

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond only to the specific stimulus conditioned.

Generalization Gradient

Refers to the decrease in response strength as stimuli become less similar to the conditioned stimulus in classical or operant conditioning.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced, and in the absence of which that response will not be reinforced.

Reinforcement

An event (or termination of an event) that increases the frequency of the operant behavior that preceded it.