According to the Text, Which of the Following Is True

question 27

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which of the following is true about passive euthanasia?

• A) people in favor of passive euthanasia also favor active euthanasia
• B) passive euthanasia involves withdrawing an intervention that is no longer able to prolong life
• C) passive euthanasia means the person carrying out the euthanasia is ambivalent about his or her involvement
• D) in passive euthanasia, someone commits an action that directly leads to another individual's death
• E) none of these

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Temper Tantrums

Emotional outbursts, often characterized by crying, screaming, or aggressive behaviors, common in young children as a response to frustration or not having their needs met.