A Newborn Was Admitted to the Nursery with a Complete

question 26

Multiple Choice

A newborn was admitted to the nursery with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.The physician explained the plan of therapy and its expected good results.However,the mother refuses to see or hold her baby.Initial therapeutic approach to the mother should be:

• A)restating what the physician has told her about plastic surgery.
• B)encouraging her to express her feelings.
• C)emphasizing the normalcy of her baby and the baby's need for mothering.
• D)recognizing that negative feelings toward the child continue throughout childhood.

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Definitions:

Backward Conditioning

A conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented after an unconditioned stimulus (US), which is less common and tends to be less effective than other conditioning methods.

Unconditioned Stimulus

An unconditionally effective stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior learning.

Social Learning Theorists

Experts who study and explain how people learn behaviors, attitudes, and expectations through their interactions and observations in a social context.

Vicarious Learning

Learning that occurs by observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without experiencing them directly.