What Does a Vegetative State Refer To

question 46

Multiple Choice

What does a vegetative state refer to?

• A)depression of the RAS and inability to initiate action
• B)loss of awareness and intellectual function but continued brainstem function
• C)continuing intellectual function but inability to communicate or move
• D)disorientation and confusion with decreased responsiveness

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Definitions:

Social Contact

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Harlow

Refers to Harry Harlow, an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which highlighted the importance of care-giving and companionship in social and cognitive development.

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