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A Patient with Neurologic Damage Continues with Extremely High Core

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A patient with neurologic damage continues with extremely high core body temperature despite interventions to lower temperature.The nurse suspects the patient has sustained damage to which area of the brain?


Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that automatically triggers a response without any need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for learning, such as food for a hungry animal.

Conditioned Reinforcer

An initially neutral stimulus that acquires the capacity to serve as a reinforcer through association with an unconditioned reinforcer.

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