An Adolescent Has Been Diagnosed with Osteochondrosis

question 12

Multiple Choice

An adolescent has been diagnosed with osteochondrosis. How does the healthcare professional describe the pathophysiology to the teen?

• A)Imbalance between calcitonin and parathyroid hormone
• B)Nutritional deficiency of calcium and phosphorus
• C)Bacterial infection of the bone
• D)Vascular impairment and trauma to bone

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Definitions:

Impression Formation Theory

Theory that explains how you develop perceptions about people and how you maintain and use those perceptions to interpret their behaviors.

Correspondence Inference Theory

A psychological theory that explains how and why people draw inferences about the dispositional attributes of others based on observed behavior and its consequences.

Self-Serving Bias

Tendency to perceive our own behavior as more positive than others’ behavior.

Fundamental Attribution Error

Error that arises from attributing another person’s behavior to internal, controllable causes rather than to external, uncontrollable causes.