A Nurse Is Teaching a Group of Students About How

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Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a group of students about how CNS drugs are developed. Which statement by a student indicates a need for further teaching?

• A) "Central nervous system drug development relies on observations of their effects on human behavior."
• B) "Studies of new central nervous system drugs in healthy subjects can produce paradoxical effects."
• C) "Our knowledge of the neurochemical and physiologic changes that underlie mental illness is incomplete."
• D) "These drugs are developed based on scientific knowledge of CNS transmitters and receptors."

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Definitions:

Irrelevant Information

Information that has no bearing on the decisions being made, providing no value to the decision-making process.

Anchoring

A cognitive bias that describes the human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered when making decisions.

Time Inconsistency

The human tendency to systematically misjudge at the present time what will actually end up being desired at a future time.

Precommitments

Strategic decisions or investments made in advance to lock in certain behaviors, goals, or outcomes.