In a therapeutic setting,a client who wants to lose weight eats some favorite foods laced with a nausea-producing drug.Yet,outside the therapist's office the client knows he or she can eat those foods without fear of nausea.This awareness contributes to the limited effectiveness of

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The scenario described in the question is an example of aversive conditioning, where the client is exposed to a negative stimulus (nausea) when consuming certain foods in order to reduce their desire to eat those foods in the future. However, the limited effectiveness of this approach is due to the fact that the client knows they can eat those foods without fear of nausea outside of the therapy context, which reduces the generalization of the conditioning to other settings.

In a Therapeutic Setting,a Client Who Wants to Lose Weight