When Teaching Injury Prevention During the School-Age Years,the Health-Care Worker

question 33

Multiple Choice

When teaching injury prevention during the school-age years,the health-care worker should:

• A) teach the need to fear and distrust strangers.
• B) teach basic rules of water safety.
• C) avoid letting the child cook in a microwave oven.
• D) caution the child against engaging in competitive sports.

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Definitions:

Time

The ongoing and unending sequence of occurrences and existence across the past, present, and future, viewed collectively.

Sensitization

The process in which a repeated exposure to a stimulus results in an increased response to that stimulus over time.

Habituation

The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus after repeated exposure, leading to a decrease in responsiveness.

Habituation

The act of an organism diminishing or ending its responses to a repeated stimulus through time.