A Dummy Used to Help Surgeons Learn How to Insert

question 29

Multiple Choice

A dummy used to help surgeons learn how to insert a pacemaker has high psychological fidelity. This means that:

• A)the dummy looks like a real human, to make the training more realistic.
• B)the dummy is dissimilar from a real human because the surgeons do not need to be nervous about killing the dummy.
• C)the behaviors the surgeons need to execute to successfully insert the pacemaker are similar to what they would do for a human patient.
• D)the procedure for inserting the pacemaker is not very similar to how it would be done on an actual human.

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