When conducting research with Alzheimer's disease caregivers, why is it necessary to have an
"illness control group"?
A) To determine if your sample is demographically representative of caregivers in general.
B) To ensure the patients really have Alzheimer's disease.
C) To see if there is something uniquely stressful about caring for these particular clients or
patients.
D) All of the above.
C
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Regarding the experience of pain, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Acupuncture has been shown to cure diseases and produce long-term pain relief in 80 percent of the people tested. b. Sensory inputs from the area of the missing limb conflict with the neuromatrix, which interprets the conflict as a phantom limb, complete with phantom limb pain. c. Acupuncture needles activate the large pain fibers, which close the spinal gate directly. d. Phantom limb pain is best explained by the gate control theory.
Token economy is a behavioral treatment approach based upon __________ conditioning principles
a. aversive b. classical c. latent d. operant