Which Patient Is at Risk for Decreased Activity? Select All

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which patient is at risk for decreased activity? Select all that apply.

• A) Older adult who walks at the mall for physical activity
• B) Someone living in a skilled nursing facility
• C) Healthy adult who works as a computer programmer
• D) Obese child who enjoys video games
• E) Healthy adult with a spinal cord deformity who walks with a cane

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Definitions:

Discrimination

An aspect of learning in which the organism learns to respond differently to stimuli that have been associated with a US (or reinforcement), and stimuli that have not.

Specific CS

A conditioned stimulus that elicits a particular conditioned response through association with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.

Similar Stimuli

Stimuli that share common characteristics or attributes, making them alike to the sensory system.

Conditioned Stimulus

Refers to a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.