The procedre used in this case can be described as?
Kev & Mandi asked:
In a program at a drug treatment clinic, cocaine users were given standard methadone treatment and a plan was used to decrease their drug intake. Over the course of several weeks, patients received vouchers that could be exchanged for items such as movie tickets if their urine samples showed at least a 25% reduction in cocaine metabolites. Eventually, they could earn vouchers only if their urine samples were completely clean. The procedure used in this case can be described as
a) manipulatory
b) blackmailing
c) shaping
d) shrewd
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#1. May 12th, 2009, at 5:13 PM.
Shaping. It’s trying to achieve a goal by reinforcing successively closer approximations to the goal. In this case, the goal is clean urine samples. The 25% reductions represent the successive approximations. The process is called shaping.