Contingency Management Involves

question 408

Multiple Choice

Contingency management involves:

• A) the application of virtual reality technology with patients in outpatient treatment programs.
• B) the application of unpleasant consequences, such as mild electric shocks or foul-tasting substances, following undesirable behaviors.
• C) concrete rewards that outpatients can earn for engaging in specific desirable behaviors.
• D) identifying irrational beliefs and negative cognitive biases that contribute to the outpatient's problem behavior or emotion.

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