Using Onset of Action as the Basis,select the Group of Laxatives

question 13

Multiple Choice

Using onset of action as the basis,select the group of laxatives listed in the order of increasing onset-of-action times.

• A) Bowel evacuants, emollients, stool softeners
• B) Emollients, bowel evacuants, swelling agents
• C) Osmotic laxatives, emollients, bowel evacuants
• D) Stimulants, stool softeners, emollients

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Definitions:

Delayed Reinforcement

A technique in behavior modification that involves a time delay between the desired response of an organism and the delivery of reward.

Classical Conditioning

An educational approach where two stimuli are persistently paired; the response, initially the result of the second stimulus, eventually becomes the result of the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A process of learning in which the dynamics of behavior are adjusted by assigning incentives or penalties.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency.