As Part of a Smoking Cessation Program, Paul Receives an Injection

question 33

Multiple Choice

As part of a smoking cessation program, Paul receives an injection of a nausea-inducing drug and then is asked to smoke a cigarette. Even though he knows he is receiving the drug, it is hoped that Paul will associate the nausea symptoms with smoking and will thus smoke less. This example best demonstrates the procedures typically used in:

• A) aversion therapy
• B) negative exposure therapy
• C) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
• D) cessation therapy
• E) avoidance therapy

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Definitions:

Coagulation

The process of blood changing from a liquid to a gel, forming a clot to stop bleeding.

Hematology

The study of blood.

Whole blood

denotes blood drawn directly from the body from which none of the components, such as plasma or platelets, have been removed.

Blood clot

A mass formed from platelets and fibrin in the blood to stop bleeding, but can be dangerous when formed inside veins or arteries obstructing blood flow.