All of the Following Are Dangers of Prolonged Exposure to X-Rays

question 61

Multiple Choice

All of the following are dangers of prolonged exposure to x-rays except:

• A) depresses the heart rate.
• B) depresses the hematopoietic system.
• C) damage to the gonads.
• D) may cause leukemia.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred.

Counterconditioning

A therapy technique used to replace an undesired response to a stimulus with a desired response, by associating the stimulus with a new, more desirable behavior.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response.

Stimulus Discrimination

The tendency to stop making a generalized response to a stimulus that is similar to the original conditioned stimulus because the similar stimulus is never paired with the unconditioned stimulus.