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13. What does surgical asepsis create? 

4. An MA will come into contact with microorganisms

5. The single most important thing the MA can do to prevent the spread of disease is to

“Everything that is psychological is simultaneously ___________.” Hint: I have repeated this many times throughout the semester already, most likely annoying you.

GFCI protection is required in a kitchen with a sink, where receptacles are installed within _____ feet of the top inside edge of the sink bowl.

Jean Piaget operated from core concepts and highlighted what he considered significant milestones in each stage of his development model. One of the core concepts JP established that is still used today is the development of schemas. According to Piaget, ____________ is adapting our current schemas to incorporate information provided by new experiences; while ___________ is interpreting new experiences in terms of our existing schemas. Hint: The Vine video of the little girl saying, “Look at all those chickens!” that we watched in class was a cute representation of the above process. We walked through how that particular Vine was a perfect example of Piaget’s concept of schemas. I told y’all this would be on the exam and that looking at the root words might help you remember the difference between these two concepts specifically. Focusing on root words helps on many occasions.

3. The following are necessary links in the chain of infection. When an MA gets a vaccination shot for hepatitis B, which link will be affected and thus prevent hepatitis B infection?

You know where we must start… it would be an injustice to the field of psychological science not to! The definition of psychology can simply be stated as, ____________________.

Despite being the size of a small bean, the pituitary gland is referred to as the master gland because it _________.

In class, when covering the social development of little ones, we talked about Mary Ainsworth’s famous study we refer to as the “Strange Situation.” Ainsworth wanted to look specifically at the importance of attachment in one’s social development. Through her Strange Situation study, she was able to identify two types of attachment. What are these two types of attachment? Hint: This is where Ainsworth took one-year-old babies and put them in a room with their mothers. The room had toys and whatnot. Ainsworth had the mom leave the room. Then the mom came back into the room to interact with the baby. In some instances, she had the mother leave, and a stranger come in to try to interact with the baby. Then have the mother come back in with the stranger still there. Other interactions and scenarios were run while she observed from outside.