Non-Nutritive Habits Can Affect the Development of the Oral Architecture

question 17

Multiple Choice

Non-nutritive habits can affect the development of the oral architecture.Intraoral and perioral piercings are not habits and do not affect the development of the oral architecture.

• A) Both statements are true.
• B) Both statements are false.
• C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
• D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A technique used in behavioral psychology where a desirable stimulus is presented after a behavior, increasing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated in the future.

Pain Behaviors

Actions or reactions, such as grimacing or moaning, that express or communicate the presence of pain to observers.

Gate Control Theory

A theory suggesting that psychological factors play a role in the perception of pain; the brain can influence the pain signals that pass through the spinal cord's "gates."

Brain and Spinal Cord

Central components of the nervous system, with the brain responsible for processing information and the spinal cord for transmitting information to and from the brain.