One Problem with Treating Hansen's Disease Is _____

question 20

Multiple Choice

One problem with treating Hansen's disease is _____.

• A)antibiotics are not effective against the Mycobacterium
• B)dapsone-resistant strains are beginning to appear
• C)the organism is growing too rapidly for the antibiotic to work
• D)the bacteria survive inside the microglial cells

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Definitions:

Extinction

The process in which a conditioned response gradually diminishes and eventually disappears as the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reemergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a pause.

Classical Conditioning

A teaching process in which two stimuli are repetitively paired; a response first initiated by the second stimulus eventually becomes initiated by the first stimulus alone.

Tone

In linguistics, the quality of a sound, especially in speech, that expresses a particular meaning or emotion; in music, the specific quality or pitch of a sound.