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Psychologist Post-Test

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Questions:

1. According to the menstrual cycle scheduling technique, when should female clients plan to quit smoking?
2. How can tobacco dependent clients defeat mental gremlins to break smoking patterns?
3. What are basic steps to preparing to quit that can help a client attempt to successfully overcome tobacco dependence?
4. What are the elements of the S.A.L.E.S. approach?
5. What are the Triggers for smoking?
6. What are the rules of relapse?
7. What are skills for coping with cravings?

Answers:

A. places, people, time, and feelings.
B. never smoke a cigarette that is given to you, never buy cigarettes in the place where you are about to relapse, and after buying a pack of cigarettes and smoking one, throw the rest of the pack away.
C. after the period.
D. self-monitoring smoking habits, devising a quitting plan, and committing to a quit date.
E. never forget why you quit smoking, know when you’re rationalizing, don’t get cocky, think positive, and relax.
F. speak, abstain, link, empathize and solve.
G. thinking through the gremlins.


Questions:

8. What is the difference between consonant and dissonant smokers?
9. According to Singleton, what are the important factors associated with successful adult smoking cessation?
10. What are main reasons adolescents have for wanting to stop smoking?
11. According to Lundqvist, what are four barriers to smoking cessation experienced by older women?
12. What are tasks for the client and therapist during the preparation stage of smoking cessation?
13. What were focus areas in Ward’s smoking cessation intervention strategy?
14. What are the core aspects of the Goetz Plan?
15. What mood-specific interventions for smoking cessation were proposed by Hall?
16. What are the categories of self-efficacy?
17. According to Whittinghill, what are three benefits of a self-efficacy model of treatment for tobacco addiction?

Answers:

A. 1. Setting a definite quit date; 2. Gathering support for smoking cessation; 3. Preparing the environment; 4. Formulating plans to avoid triggers; 5. Selecting a nicotine replacement system (if needed).
B. 1. an explanation of NRT; 2. review of the stages of change; 3. improving self-efficacy; and 4. cognitive counter conditioning
C. 1.  mood monitoring, 2. discussions of ways to increase pleasant moods and decrease negative ones, 3. use of behavioral skills to reduce relapse risk, and 4. relaxation and social support skills.
D. 'Consonant' smokers know and accept the risks associated with tobacco consumption, and do not wish to change their smoking, whereas 'dissonant' smokers are tobacco consumers whose attitudes differ from their behavior.
E. 1. strong motivation; 2. social support; high-perceived self-efficacy
F. 1. resistance; 2. harm-reduction; 3. action; 4. coping; 5. recovery
G. 1. allows a counselor to assess and address client problems promptly; 2. permits substance abuse counselors to evaluate client problems by monitoring daily behaviors; 3. simple and forthright.
H. 1. colleges offering a 2-credit smoking cessation course; 2. Training to students about health effects and cessation aids; 3. Problem solving and stress reduction training; 4. Peer-counseling; 5. Mentors for social support
I. 1. cost, 2. health, 3. fitness, and 4. unacceptable/bad image
J. 1. added values from being a smoker; 2. smoke promoting context, fatalism and shame; 3. cultural and structural barriers; 4. expectations vs. frustration on the health care system.

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