A patient has difficulty sitting still and listening to others during group therapy. The therapist plans to use operant conditioning as a form of behavioral modification to assist the patient. Which action would the nurse expect to see in group therapy?
1. The therapist will act as a role model for the patient by sitting still and listening.
2. The patient will receive a token from the therapist for each session in which she sits still
and listens.
3. The patient will be required to sit in solitude for 30 minutes after each session in which
she does not sit still or listen.
4. The therapist will ask that the patient sit still and listen for only 2 minutes at a time to
begin and will increase the time incrementally until the patient can sit and listen 10
minutes at a time.
Ans: 2. The patient will receive a token from the therapist for each session in which she sits still
and listens.
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