About 20 Percent of Older Hip Fracture Patients __________

question 108

Multiple Choice

About 20 percent of older hip fracture patients __________.

• A) fully recover mobility
• B) die within a year of the injury
• C) never regain the ability to walk unassisted
• D) avoid activities because they are afraid to fall

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Definitions:

Context Effects

The influence of environmental factors on one's perception, interpretation, or behavior in any given situation.

Top-Down Processing

A cognitive process where perception begins with the brain applying what it knows and expects to perceive and then works downward to the finer details.

Good Continuation

A principle of Gestalt psychology that states elements tend to be grouped together if they follow in the same direction or pattern, creating a perception of continuity.

Figure-Ground Separation

The ability to distinguish an object (the figure) from its background (the ground).