A Patient Receiving Chemotherapy May Be at Greater Risk for Development

question 24

Multiple Choice

A patient receiving chemotherapy may be at greater risk for development of

• A) gastroesophageal reflux.
• B) stomatitis.
• C) esophageal varices.
• D) Mallory-Weiss syndrome.

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Definitions:

Flooding Technique

A behavioral therapy method where an individual is exposed to their fear source without an actual threat in order to overcome that fear.

Tolerating Flooding

Tolerating Flooding refers to a therapeutic technique where individuals are exposed to a vast amount of the anxiety-inducing stimulus in order to diminish the fear response over time.

Acquisition Training

The process of learning new behaviors or knowledge, especially through reinforcement.

Extinction

In conditioning, it refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.