A Student Who Is a Compulsive Drinker, Is in Therapy

question 205

Multiple Choice

A student who is a compulsive drinker, is in therapy to treat themselves of this problem. The counsellor helps the student set specific goals by helping them select a behaviour-change strategy that would work for her. The counsellor is employing ___________.

• A)confrontational interviewing
• B)behavioural interviewing
• C)emotional interviewing
• D)motivational interviewing

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, it refers to the group of participants that does not receive the experimental treatment, serving as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Confounded

A situation in research where the effect of one variable is mixed up with the effect of another, making it difficult to ascertain causality.

Correlated

Being correlated refers to a statistical relationship between two or more variables, where a change in one is associated with a change in the other.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment on another group.