Which Statement Is Not True of a Petit Mal Seizure

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not true of a petit mal seizure?

• A) It causes a momentary loss of contact with reality.
• B) It may occur without others being aware of it.
• C) It can be treated with Dilantin or Tegretol.
• D) It has a clonic-tonic phase.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Forgetting

The loss of a memory due to interference from learning through conditioning, rather than organic causes.

Classical Conditioning

A process of learning in which a reaction initially triggered by the second of two jointly presented stimuli is in time triggered by the first stimulus as a result of their repeated pairing.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in psychology in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others, also known as social learning or modeling.