A Patient with Bipolar Disorder Has an Unstable Mood,aggressiveness,agitation,talkativeness,and Irritability

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient with bipolar disorder has an unstable mood,aggressiveness,agitation,talkativeness,and irritability.The nurse begins care planning based on the expectation that the health care provider is most likely to prescribe a medication classified as a(n) :

• A) anticholinergic.
• B) mood stabilizer.
• C) psychostimulant.
• D) antidepressant.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning in which the force of a behavior is shaped through positive reinforcement or negative consequences.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as a direct response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive or involuntary in nature.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.