Summarize the Public Health Approach

question 10

Short Answer

Summarize the public health approach.

Identify the factors contributing to adolescent delinquency and examine their long-term implications.

Describe the youth violence epidemic and understand how to identify warning signs.

Evaluate the positive and negative consequences of social networks on adolescents.

Assess the implications of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents, including sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancy.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that involves creating associations between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Instrumental Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by the behavior's consequences, such as reward or punishment.

Instinctive Drift

The inclination of an animal to return to innate behaviors that disrupt a learned response.

Sensory Adaptation

The adaptation process of sensory receptors becoming duller in response to stimuli that stays the same over time.