What Is the Term for an Unexpected Occurrence Involving Death

question 18

Multiple Choice

What is the term for an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury to a client?

• A) below standard
• B) quality failure
• C) benchmarking
• D) sentinel event

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An associative learning process in which two stimuli are paired repeatedly, causing a response that initially comes from the second stimulus to eventually come from the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

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

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Response

is a learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through conditioning.