A Clinical Psychologist Examined the Effect of a Treatment Designed

question 40

Multiple Choice

A clinical psychologist examined the effect of a treatment designed to reduce the amount of cigarette smoking in the day room of an inpatient psychiatric facility.His treatment consisted of a several components to maximize its potential effectiveness (e.g. ,increasing the number of available activities;giving patients responsibility for care of the unit's plants,fish,etc. ;the opportunity to exchange cigarettes for positive reinforcers) .At the end of three months,his data indicated that cigarette smoking had declined significantly.Based on this,he is able to conclude that

• A)any of the components,implemented by itself,would reduce smoking in the day room.
• B)the treatment will work only when all of the components are present.
• C)both (A)and (B)
• D)neither (A)nor (B)

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