Primary Prevention Is Designed to Keep a Disorder, Disability, or Dysfunction

question 14

True/False

Primary prevention is designed to keep a disorder, disability, or dysfunction from occurring in the first place.

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Definitions:

Protective Withdrawal

A defense mechanism where individuals may retreat or isolate themselves from situations perceived as threatening or overwhelming.

Electric Shock

A sudden discharge of electricity through a part of the body, causing injury or neurological disruption.

Associative Learning

The procedure in which someone acquires the link between two stimuli or between an activity and its outcome.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that uses rewards and punishments for behavior, an idea proposed by B.F. Skinner that emphasizes the consequences of behavior for future actions.