List Five Risk Factors Associated with an Infant Dying from SIDS

question 31

Essay

List five risk factors associated with an infant dying from SIDS:

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Definitions:

Predictor

A variable used in statistical models that is believed to influence or forecast the outcome of another variable.

Puzzle Boxes

Apparatuses used in psychological and animal behavioral experiments where subjects must solve a problem or manipulate mechanisms to escape or obtain a reward.

Thorndike

An influential American psychologist who developed the law of effect, which suggests that behaviors followed by satisfying consequences tend to be repeated, while those followed by unpleasant consequences are less likely to be repeated.

Reinforcements

In psychology, stimuli or events that increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.