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The Nurse Explains That the Tympanic Thermometer Is Considered More

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The nurse explains that the tympanic thermometer is considered more accurate because:


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Response Rate

The proportion of people who respond to a specific call-to-action, questionnaire, or experiment out of the total number solicited.

Punishment

A process through which the likelihood of a behavior's occurrence is decreased by presenting an adverse stimulus or removing a desirable stimulus following the behavior.

Extinguish

In psychology, to diminish the occurrence of a conditioned response by repeatedly presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Learned Helplessness

A psychological condition in which individuals believe they lack control over events and therefore do not try to change their situation despite having the ability to do so.

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