If You Were Faced with a Patient with Hypertension and Wanted

question 27

Multiple Choice

If you were faced with a patient with hypertension and wanted to help,you would prescribe diuretics because they _____ blood volume and _____ blood pressure.

• A) decrease; increase
• B) increase; increase
• C) decrease; decrease
• D) increase; decrease

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Definitions:

Ratio Schedule

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Partial Reinforcement Effect

The tendency for a response that is reinforced after some, but not all, correct responses to be very resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A method of learning in which a behavior is reinforced each time it is performed, leading to faster acquisition of the behavior.

Continuous Reinforcement

A reinforcement schedule in which every occurrence of the instrumental response (desired response) is followed by the reinforcer.