Helen Wants to Quit Smoking and Asks You for Advice

question 31

Multiple Choice

Helen wants to quit smoking and asks you for advice. You should tell her​

• A) ​that programs with the best results include practitioner support, counseling, and nicotine replacement therapy.
• B) ​to continue to smoke, but to cut down to decrease her disease risk, and also to avoid weight gain.
• C) ​to seek a trained hypnotist who can help her by using hypnosis.
• D) ​to find a therapist who will use shock therapy.

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Definitions:

Intensity

The degree of strength, force, or energy in a given phenomenon or activity, often used to describe sensations, emotions, or physical exertions.

Perceptual Set

A tendency to perceive or notice some aspects of the available sensory data and ignore others, influenced by expectations, culture, emotions, and other psychological factors.

Top-Down

Top-Down processing refers to a cognitive approach where perception starts with the formulation of a high-level concept, and then works down to the finer details.

Just Noticeable Difference

The smallest alteration in a stimulus that an organism can barely perceive.