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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This scenario describes aversive conditioning, in which a negative or unpleasant stimulus (the nausea-producing drug) is paired with a previously desirable behavior (eating favorite foods). However, the limited effectiveness of this approach is due in part to the fact that the client knows they can eat those foods without fear of nausea outside of therapy. This undermines the association between the behavior and the negative consequence, rendering the aversive conditioning ineffective.

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