One Must Use Care in Interpreting Occupational Differences in Morbidity

question 3

Multiple Choice

One must use care in interpreting occupational differences in morbidity and mortality because:

• A) good health status may be a factor for selection into a job.
• B) occupations involving physical activity tend to cause heart attacks among older workers.
• C) occupational stress, even in extreme situations, is difficult to quantify.
• D) good health status may be a factor for selection into a job, occupations involving physical activity tend to cause heart attacks among older workers, and occupational stress, even in extreme situations, is difficult to quantify.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Contiguity

A principle in psychology and learning theory that suggests that events experienced close together in time or space are likely to be associated with each other.

Contrapreparedness

An inability to associate a specific conditioned stimulus (CS) and a specific unconditioned stimulus (UCS) despite repeated conditioning experiences

Predictable Stimulus

A stimulus that occurs in a manner or pattern that can be anticipated, allowing organisms to anticipate and react accordingly.