Question

Lisa decided to use Applied Behavior Analysis principles to quit smoking. She first recorded each cigarette she smoked and identified the emotional function (enjoyment) associated with each one. She immediately eliminated smoking that was not enjoyable, then gradually reduced the number of cigarettes she smoked each day. Which of the following was a behavioral device she used as part of her program?

A. Spending more time with friends in order to distract herself from smoking.
B. Using smoking a cigarette as a reward for longer and longer periods of not smoking.
C. Buying special treats each day she met her smoking goal.
D. Imagining suffering from a painful lung disease each time she smoked a cigarette.

Answer 1

B. Using smoking a cigarette as a reward for longer and longer periods of not smoking.

Step-by-step explanation:

As we can see in the text presented in the question above, Lisa only smoked the cigarette that was associated with pleasurable emotional functions, as she is determined to stop smoking, every time she spends a lot of time without smoking, she rewards herself with a cigarette, the which promotes a positive emotional feeling, makes her stop smoking gradually and allows her to start associating the cigarette with a bad thing, which prevents her from spending more time without smoking.

He initiated this through the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, which is the psychological philosophy that focuses on changing people's behaviors based on changes in the environment and its factors.