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During a research project, the researcher notes that the subject completes each assigned task with a much higher level of performance than he normally exhibits.
 
  How should a nurse researcher most accurately describe this change in the subject's behavior?
  a. Reactivity
  b. Instability
  c. Therapeutic
  d. Interventionist

Question 2

What is an example of a physiologic measurement?
 
  a. Definition of a type A behavior pattern
  b. Description of self-care behavior abilities in patients with dementia
  c. Ranges of values on two consecutive arterial blood gas analyses
  d. Adjusted scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Scale



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

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A Reactivity is behavior change that occurs as a result of being observed.
B Instability does not describe this situation adequately.
C Therapeutic refers to an intervention and might not be related to reactivity.
D Interventionist is not a term used to describe change in behavior that results from awareness of being observed.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

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A Definition of a human behavior pattern is a theoretical abstraction.
B Description of behaviors is observation of activities and is not physiologic.
C Arterial blood gas readings are examples of a physiologic measure.
D The State-Trait Anxiety Scale is a paper-pencil survey and is not physiologic.





 

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