In Developing a Disease Prevention Program, Researchers Working from a Public

question 69

Multiple Choice

In developing a disease prevention program, researchers working from a Public Health approach tend to focus on three components of the disease: characteristics of the __________, characteristics of the __________ and finally, the __________, or manner by which the disease is transmitted.

• A) host; environment; agent
• B) germ; environment; agent
• C) pathogen; environment; agent
• D) host; mechanism; acquisition process
• E) germ; environment; pathogenesis

Identify the focus of developmental psychology.

Describe the main areas of interest for cognitive psychologists.

Explain the study of human personality by personality psychologists.

Understand the application of psychological principles in educational settings.

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Definitions:

Light

A specific range of electromagnetic waves that can be perceived by the human eye, enabling the ability to see.

Tone

In communication and literature, the attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work's central theme or subject.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was originally conditioned.

Higher-order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that's associated with a primary conditioned stimulus also becomes a conditioned stimulus.