Dr Aris is the director of a university occupational health department. He is seeking to reduce nicotine dependence among a small cohort of university employees who are heavy smokers. To support them, the department currently offers smoking-cessation workshops and nicotine replacement therapy.
Dr Aris has recently contracted a cognitive-behavioural therapist who specialises in covert sensitisation. He has decided to pilot this behavioural intervention with the small cohort of employees to determine its viability and success rate within the workplace.
Evaluate covert sensitisation in relation to the small cohort of nicotine-dependent employees.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Issues around drug taking, Biological explanations of drug addiction, Learning explanations of drug addiction, Treatments for drug addiction, Anti-drug campaign and strategies, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.