When Evaluating the Laboratory Results for a Patient with Increased

question 16

Multiple Choice

When evaluating the laboratory results for a patient with increased secretion of the anterior pituitary hormones, the nurse would expect to find

• A) decreased serum thyroxine levels.
• B) elevated serum aldosterone levels.
• C) an increase in urinary free cortisol.
• D) low urinary excretion of catecholamines.

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Definitions:

Two-choice Discrimination

A test situation in which an organism is presented with two different stimuli and rewarded for choosing the correct one, used to assess decision-making.

Concurrent Discrimination

A learning process where two or more stimuli are presented at the same time and the subject learns to discriminate between them, often responding to one and not the others.

Two-choice Discrimination

A method used in behavior research to determine an organism's ability to distinguish between two different stimuli.