Deinstitutionalization __________

question 59

Multiple Choice

Deinstitutionalization __________.

• A)refers to a policy of limited hospitalizations of mental patients
• B)has resulted in an increase in the number of hospitalized schizophrenic patients
• C)has helped to cure countless numbers of schizophrenic patients
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Imprinting

A form of rapid learning that occurs in certain animals at a very early age, where they establish a behavior pattern or social attachment.

Variables

Factors or elements that are capable of changing or being changed, often used in experiments to determine effects on dependent outcomes.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that uses rewards and punishments to achieve desired behaviors.

Pavlovian Conditioning

A type of learning in which an unconditioned stimulus (such as food) that naturally produces an unconditioned response (such as salivation) is associated with a conditioned stimulus (such as a bell), leading to a conditioned response.