Joanna is addicted to smoking cigarettes. To break free of the addiction, she and the social worker she has consulted have set a goal of smoking 1 cigarette less each week. To keep track of the number of cigarettes she smokes and her progress, which of the following tools of evaluating progress would be most suitable?
A. Frequency counting
B. Subjective rating
C. Goal attainment scaling
D. Rehearsing action steps
ANS: A
Frequency counting would be most suitable for the given scenario. In frequency counting, you, a client, or another person in the client's environment keeps track of the frequency of a goal-related phenomenon. We often use frequency counting to establish a baseline for the targeted phenomenon.
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