Regarding Aversion Therapy for Smoking Cigarettes, Which of the Following

question 887

Multiple Choice

Regarding aversion therapy for smoking cigarettes, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Behaviorists have found that electric shock and nauseating drugs are not required to make smokers uncomfortable.
• B) Without the help of a therapist, most people quit too soon for rapid smoking to succeed.
• C) A trained therapist should be present during the rapid smoking procedure because it can be dangerous due to the toxic nature of nicotine.
• D) Rapid smoking is an example of the use of operant conditioning in causing extinction of the smoking habit.

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Definitions:

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of consumers increases, opposite to normal goods.

Substitution Effect

The economic principle that as the price of a good rises, consumers will replace it with cheaper alternatives, whereas if its price falls, the good will be favored over more expensive substitutes.

Total Effect

Refers to the entire impact or outcome resulting from a specific action or series of actions, considering all direct and indirect consequences.

Substitution Effect

The change in consumption that occurs when a price change moves the consumer along a given indifference curve to a point with a new tangent and slope.