Which of the Following Views Is Consistent with the Medical

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following views is consistent with the medical models?

• A) An individual's lifestyle choices are the sources of most illnesses.
• B) Illnesses are social rather than biological problems.
• C) Illness and medicine are societal constructions.
• D) An illness has specific features that a doctor can recognize.
• E) All illnesses stem from preventable lifestyle choices.

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Definitions:

Instrumental Conditioning

A learning process wherein behavior is modified by the consequences of the behavior, with reinforcement used to increase desirable behaviors and punishment to decrease undesirable ones.

Classical Conditioning

The process of acquiring knowledge by forming connections between a stimulus found in the surroundings and one that arises on its own, which leads to the development of a learned reaction.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process that increases the likelihood of a behavior by applying a stimulus after the behavior is exhibited.

Reinforcers

Stimuli that, when presented after a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.