The Process in Which a Transplant Recipient's Immune System Attacks

question 35

Multiple Choice

The process in which a transplant recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ or tissue is called

• A) disseminated intravascular coagulation.
• B) viscerogenic.
• C) graft-versus-host disease.
• D) graft rejection.
• E) graft elimination.

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Definitions:

Operant Theorist

A psychologist or researcher who studies or follows the theories of operant conditioning, focusing on how reinforcement and punishment influence behavior.

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals or the ego to protect against anxiety or social sanctions and to provide a refuge from a situation with which one cannot currently cope.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner, an influential American psychologist known for his work in behaviorism and the development of the theory of operant conditioning.

Psychosexual Stages

A series of developmental stages proposed by Freud, through which a child's personality develops, each characterized by the focus of libido on a different area of the body.