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Which of the following stages of group development is often characterized by a general lack of unity and uneven interaction patterns?

When is downward communication most likely to occur?

A portion of LongTech’s revenue is placed into a pool which is distributed to all employees. What type of incentive is this?

Angela has constant short-lived bouts of feels of abject terror. Seemingly without warning, she’ll begin to sweat and tremble, her heart will start racing, she’ll feel dizzy and lightheaded, and she’ll generally feel as if she might be dying. Which psychological disorder best matches the description of Angela above?

The nurse is teaching a patient with rheumatoid arthritis about methotrexate. The nurse will plan to include which of the following in their teaching?

A local hockey league wants to decrease the chances that players will fight with one another. Previously in the league there was no penalty for fighting. This season the league has instituted a rule that if players fight one another, they are given a 5-minute penalty (where they are taken off the ice and have to sit in the penalty box; *note* you should view this as having their ability to play taken away from them). The league finds that after the rule change, players became far less likely to fight one another. This would be an example of what type of operant conditioning?

There are two art professors at a local community college. In Mr. Johnston’s class, every week students are given a specific item that they have to draw, paint, or sculpt. In Mrs. Pepper’s class, students are given a broad description of what item they should draw, paint, or sculpt, but they are told to pick the specific item that they will produce for themselves. Based upon Self-Determination Theory, what basic need might Mrs. Pepper’s class satisfy more so than Mr. Johnston’s class?

The nurse is providing education to a patient who was prescribed alprostadil. Which statement, if made by the patient, indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A patient is taking the medication canagliflozin as part of their medication regimen. The nurse knows this medication:

Eleanor and Janet are identical twin sisters in their first semester of college. Eleanor goes to a school that has 10-week quarters, while Janet goes to a school that has 16-week semesters. It is now early December. Eleanor has four final exams this week. She’s been incredibly nervous about the exams for the past three weeks because she’s not sure she can pass them all. As such, she’s been studying non-stop for the last three weeks. Janet’s final exams are still more than two weeks away. She’s started to be nervous about the exams for the past few days and has just started studying recently. If both sisters are exposed to the exact same cold virus, you would expect that ________ is more likely to get sick because she is more likely to be in the __________ phase of the General Adaptation Syndrome.