Which of the Following Actions by Florence Nightingale Demonstrates Her

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions by Florence Nightingale demonstrates her role as an epidemiologist?

• A) She convinced other women to join her in giving nursing care to all the soldiers.
• B) She demonstrated that a safer environment resulted in decreased mortality rate.
• C) She obtained safe water and better food supplies and fought the lice and rats.
• D) She met with each soldier each evening to say goodnight, thereby giving psychological support.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

Learning that occurs when stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus produce the conditioned response.

Stimulus Discrimination

Learning to differentiate between two similar stimuli when only one of them is consistently associated with the unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a reflexive response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a specific stimulus after repeated exposure, typically studied in the context of classical conditioning.