A Patient Has a New Order for a Catechol Ortho-Methyltransferase

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient has a new order for a catechol ortho-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor as part of treatment for Parkinson's disease. The nurse recognizes that an advantage of this drug class is that it

• A) has a shorter duration of action.
• B) causes less gastrointestinal distress.
• C) has a slower onset than traditional Parkinson's disease drugs.
• D) is associated with fewer wearing-off effects.

Understand the concept of biological preparedness in forming stimulus-response associations.

Grasp B.F. Skinner’s perspective on behavior being determined by environmental consequences.

Identify key experiments and findings in classical conditioning, including Watson and Rayner's "Little Albert" study.

Define learning in psychological terms and differentiate between types of stimuli and responses in conditioning experiments.