Using Modeling to Help Children in the Hospital Prepare for Stressful

question 12

Multiple Choice

Using modeling to help children in the hospital prepare for stressful medical procedures​

• A) ​is not successful in helping children prepare for surgery but can help with less serious procedures.
• B) ​is successful with children but not with adolescents or adults.
• C) ​can be more successful than drugs when modeling is combined with a cognitive behavioral intervention.
• D) ​can be effective if the parents of the young patient are not allowed to participate.

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Definitions:

Postsynaptic Membrane

The specialized area of a cell membrane on a neuron that receives and processes signals from another neuron at a synapse.

Glutamate

An amino acid that acts as a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system, playing a key role in brain development and synaptic plasticity.

Depolarized

A state in which the membrane potential of a neuron becomes less negative, making the neuron more likely to fire an action potential.