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The Home-Care Nurse Determines That Their Patient Is at Risk

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The home-care nurse determines that their patient is at risk for further injury due to normal aging sensation loss when they state the following:


Definitions:

Prefrontal Cortex

The front part of the frontal lobes of the brain, involved in executive functions such as judgement, decision-making, and social behavior.

Generalization Gradient

A measure of how an organism responds to various stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioning stimulus, showing a gradation in response strength.

Perceptual Experience

The interpretation of sensory information to understand the environment around us.

Discrimination Learning

The process by which an organism learns to respond differently to similar stimuli based on their consequences, highlighting a differentiation capability.

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