The Best Advice the Nurse Can Offer a Parent Who

question 2

Multiple Choice

The best advice the nurse can offer a parent who is concerned because her 2-year-old is very active and does not eat much is:

• A) Insist that the child eat one food on the plate.
• B) Help the child to wind down with a quiet activity before mealtime.
• C) Maintain a consistent eating schedule for the family.
• D) Serve the meal with a variety of interesting plates, cups, and utensils.

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Definitions:

Feature Detectors

Nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of a stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum stimulus intensity required to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.

Adaptation Threshold

The limit to which an organism or a system can adapt to changes in conditions or stimuli.

Difference Threshold

The smallest amount of change in a stimulus that can be detected as different from the original stimulus.