The Mother of a 9-Month-Old Child Reports That the Child

question 15

Multiple Choice

The mother of a 9-month-old child reports that the child has a bowel movement only every 2 or 3 days and that the stool is small and hard,"like marbles." What does the nurse recommend as starting treatment for this problem?

• A) Use castor oil every 3 days
• B) Increase the child's fluid intake
• C) Ensure that the child gets adequate exercise
• D) Mix a bulk-forming laxative in with the child's cereal

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Definitions:

Associative Learning

A learning process by which a subject links two stimuli or a behavior and a consequence.

Operant Conditioning

A learning principle where behaviors are modified by the consequences that follow them, with rewards increasing desired actions and punishments reducing their occurrence.

Predictability

The ability to accurately forecast future events or behaviors based on patterns or prior knowledge.

Rescorla And Wagner

Psychologists who developed a model explaining how the strength of a stimulus-response association is determined in classical conditioning.