Question

Barbara meets with her family doctor to discuss ways to stop her smoking habit, which is up to a pack a day now. The doctor recommends basing her cessation program on asking herself questions regarding her daily routine, triggers for smoking, personal interests, and stress reduction techniques, as well as potential obstacles to stopping. This approach utilizes the ______ effect.

a. self-reference
b. personal identification
c. state-dependent memory
d. encoding specificity

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A.

Explanation: Self-reference effect in emotionally insecure, distressed patients, and in the most serious, delusional cases. The patient thinks he is in the center of the world, and everything concerns him. It's a Copernican egocentrism.