[FinA] Adrienne meets with the father of a client to discuss…
Adrienne meets with the father of a client to discuss potential interventions. Adrienne thinks a DRO would be effective. She describes the DRO procedure as a type of differential reinforcement that typically begins with a short interval before moving to a longer interval, based on the dimensional quantity being measured and that an experimental design will be used to discover any functional relations. After Adrienne leaves, the client’s father calls Adrienne’s supervisor and asks to discontinue services because he “does not want experiments done on his child.” Which of the following is most likely contributing to the issue in the therapeutic relationship between Adrienne and the client’s father?