UCONN AH 4242 STUDY CARDS TEST
LATEST UPDATE
Goals Triple Aim of Affordable Care Act - ANSWER Increase quality of health
Enhance patient experience
Reduce overall cost
Bonus: Increase provider experience
5 ways to prevent chronic disease and increase overall health - ANSWER Not smoking
Getting physical activity
None to moderate alcohol
Maintaining a normal weight
Getting enough sleep
People who spend the most on healthcare - ANSWER On Medicare
Low income/ low housing
Chronic disease
Comorbidity with a serious mental illness (SMI)
Risk factors for premature death - ANSWER Individual behavior (40%)
Genetics (30%)
Social/ Environment (20%)
Healthcare (10%)
Key factors in counseling - ANSWER Prevention of chronic disease
Increasing population health to increase overall impact
Utilizing team care for complex cases
Increasing group care coordination
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Addressing co-morbid SMI
,Increasing access/ use/ adherence
Changing behaviors to reduce chronic disease
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - ANSWER A mindfulness-based program
that encourages clients to accept, rather than attempt to control or change, unpleasant
sensations.
Classical conditioning - ANSWER Dog saliva (Pavlov)
Little baby Albert (Watson)
US-> UR ----- US + NS-> UR -----CS-> CR
Generalization - ANSWER Responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli
Adaptive Generalization - ANSWER Sirens= emergency
Maladaptive Generalization - ANSWER Fear of all white fluffy
Discrimination - ANSWER Learning to respond to a certain stimuli and not others (bell vs
buzz)
Extinction - ANSWER When an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned
stimulus enough times
Operant conditioning - ANSWER Reinforce (up frequency), Positive (give), Negative
(take away), Punish (down frequency)
Time intervals - ANSWER Ratio vs interval; Fixed vs variable
Best time interval learning - ANSWER Continuous= quick learn, Intermittent= long
lasting, Best= immediate consequence
Shaping - ANSWER The reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of a desired
response.
Aversion control - ANSWER Process of influencing behavior by means of unpleasant
stimuli- Escape: Aloe vera vs Avoidance: Sunscreen
Learning performing distinction - ANSWER Observation that learning can take place
without actual performance of the learned behavior
Observational learning themes - ANSWER Attention, memory, imitation, motivation// But,
modality, context and history too
Habituation - ANSWER Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation
Sensitization - ANSWER An increase in behavioral response after exposure to a stimulus
Toddlers taught to fear speeding cars may also begin to fear speeding trucks and
,motorcycles. This best illustrates:
- Spontaneous recovery
- Generalization
- Positive reinforcement
- Observational learning - ANSWER Generalization
A response is learned most rapidly and maintained over time if it is acquired under
conditions of:
- Intermittent reinforcement followed by continuous reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement followed by positive reinforcement
- Continuous reinforcement followed by intermittent reinforcement
- Positive reinforcement followed by negative reinforcement - ANSWER Continuous
reinforcement followed by intermittent reinforcement
After one child sees his friend open a happy meal box that contains a toy, he opens his
own happy meal box with great speed. This best illustrates:
- Observational Learning
- Respondent Behavior
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Shaping - ANSWER Observational Learning
Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears
- Can be used as negative reinforcers
- Can interfere with the process of learning
- May be produced through classical conditioning
- Are acquired through observational learning - ANSWER May be produced through
classical conditioning
Last year, Dr. Moritano cleaned Natacha's skin with rubbing alcohol prior to
administering each of a series of painful rabies vaccination shots. Which of the following
processes accounts for the fact that Natacha currently becomes fearful every time she
smells rubbing alcohol?
- Operant conditioning
- Generalization
, - Classical conditioning
- Negative reinforcement - ANSWER Classical conditioning
Which of the following is not one of five health related behaviors included as key for
chronic disease prevention in the Liu et al (2016) article?
- Sleep
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- Saturated fat consumption - ANSWER Saturated fat consumption
Which of the following is not an objective in the Triple Aim?
- Reduce cost of care
- Lower rate of premature deaths due to chronic disease
- Improve quality of care
- Enhance patient experience - ANSWER Lower rate of premature deaths due to chronic
disease
A child who is punished for swearing at home but reinforced for swearing on the school
playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative
of
- Negative reinforcement
- Generalization
- Discrimination
- Extinction - ANSWER Discrimination
Which of the following are reasons for health care professionals to engage in counseling
with patients:
- Address the increasing cost of healthcare in the country
- Address the behaviors that most contribute to chronic disease
- Address the behaviors that contribute to premature death in those with serious mental
illness
- All of the above - ANSWER All of the above
Inpatients who learn that the sound of food cart in the hallway signals the arrival of their
food illustrates
LATEST UPDATE
Goals Triple Aim of Affordable Care Act - ANSWER Increase quality of health
Enhance patient experience
Reduce overall cost
Bonus: Increase provider experience
5 ways to prevent chronic disease and increase overall health - ANSWER Not smoking
Getting physical activity
None to moderate alcohol
Maintaining a normal weight
Getting enough sleep
People who spend the most on healthcare - ANSWER On Medicare
Low income/ low housing
Chronic disease
Comorbidity with a serious mental illness (SMI)
Risk factors for premature death - ANSWER Individual behavior (40%)
Genetics (30%)
Social/ Environment (20%)
Healthcare (10%)
Key factors in counseling - ANSWER Prevention of chronic disease
Increasing population health to increase overall impact
Utilizing team care for complex cases
Increasing group care coordination
----
Addressing co-morbid SMI
,Increasing access/ use/ adherence
Changing behaviors to reduce chronic disease
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - ANSWER A mindfulness-based program
that encourages clients to accept, rather than attempt to control or change, unpleasant
sensations.
Classical conditioning - ANSWER Dog saliva (Pavlov)
Little baby Albert (Watson)
US-> UR ----- US + NS-> UR -----CS-> CR
Generalization - ANSWER Responding similarly to a range of similar stimuli
Adaptive Generalization - ANSWER Sirens= emergency
Maladaptive Generalization - ANSWER Fear of all white fluffy
Discrimination - ANSWER Learning to respond to a certain stimuli and not others (bell vs
buzz)
Extinction - ANSWER When an unconditioned stimulus does not follow a conditioned
stimulus enough times
Operant conditioning - ANSWER Reinforce (up frequency), Positive (give), Negative
(take away), Punish (down frequency)
Time intervals - ANSWER Ratio vs interval; Fixed vs variable
Best time interval learning - ANSWER Continuous= quick learn, Intermittent= long
lasting, Best= immediate consequence
Shaping - ANSWER The reinforcement of closer and closer approximations of a desired
response.
Aversion control - ANSWER Process of influencing behavior by means of unpleasant
stimuli- Escape: Aloe vera vs Avoidance: Sunscreen
Learning performing distinction - ANSWER Observation that learning can take place
without actual performance of the learned behavior
Observational learning themes - ANSWER Attention, memory, imitation, motivation// But,
modality, context and history too
Habituation - ANSWER Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation
Sensitization - ANSWER An increase in behavioral response after exposure to a stimulus
Toddlers taught to fear speeding cars may also begin to fear speeding trucks and
,motorcycles. This best illustrates:
- Spontaneous recovery
- Generalization
- Positive reinforcement
- Observational learning - ANSWER Generalization
A response is learned most rapidly and maintained over time if it is acquired under
conditions of:
- Intermittent reinforcement followed by continuous reinforcement
- Negative reinforcement followed by positive reinforcement
- Continuous reinforcement followed by intermittent reinforcement
- Positive reinforcement followed by negative reinforcement - ANSWER Continuous
reinforcement followed by intermittent reinforcement
After one child sees his friend open a happy meal box that contains a toy, he opens his
own happy meal box with great speed. This best illustrates:
- Observational Learning
- Respondent Behavior
- Spontaneous Recovery
- Shaping - ANSWER Observational Learning
Watson and Rayner's study of Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears
- Can be used as negative reinforcers
- Can interfere with the process of learning
- May be produced through classical conditioning
- Are acquired through observational learning - ANSWER May be produced through
classical conditioning
Last year, Dr. Moritano cleaned Natacha's skin with rubbing alcohol prior to
administering each of a series of painful rabies vaccination shots. Which of the following
processes accounts for the fact that Natacha currently becomes fearful every time she
smells rubbing alcohol?
- Operant conditioning
- Generalization
, - Classical conditioning
- Negative reinforcement - ANSWER Classical conditioning
Which of the following is not one of five health related behaviors included as key for
chronic disease prevention in the Liu et al (2016) article?
- Sleep
- Physical activity
- Smoking
- Saturated fat consumption - ANSWER Saturated fat consumption
Which of the following is not an objective in the Triple Aim?
- Reduce cost of care
- Lower rate of premature deaths due to chronic disease
- Improve quality of care
- Enhance patient experience - ANSWER Lower rate of premature deaths due to chronic
disease
A child who is punished for swearing at home but reinforced for swearing on the school
playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative
of
- Negative reinforcement
- Generalization
- Discrimination
- Extinction - ANSWER Discrimination
Which of the following are reasons for health care professionals to engage in counseling
with patients:
- Address the increasing cost of healthcare in the country
- Address the behaviors that most contribute to chronic disease
- Address the behaviors that contribute to premature death in those with serious mental
illness
- All of the above - ANSWER All of the above
Inpatients who learn that the sound of food cart in the hallway signals the arrival of their
food illustrates
