All of the Following Factors Seem to Be Related to Patients

question 59

Multiple Choice

All of the following factors seem to be related to patients' noncompliance with medication EXCEPT

• A)negative patient-doctor relationship.
• B)cost of medication.
• C)comorbidity.
• D)negative side effects.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A method of instruction that involves the repeated combination of two stimuli, resulting in a behavior that, while initially induced by the second stimulus, is eventually induced by the first stimulus alone.

Punishment

A consequence applied to an individual or animal in response to an undesirable behavior, with the intent of decreasing or eliminating that behavior.

Instinctive Drift

Tendency for an animal’s behavior to revert to genetically controlled patterns.

Genetic Blueprint

A metaphor for the complete set of genes that an organism inherited, which determines its biological characteristics and development.