Juan suffers from alcoholism and has not responded to other types of treatment. Juan's therapist suggests aversive conditioning in which Juan will take a nausea-inducing drug at the same time he sniffs beer. In this treatment strategy, the beer is the ______ during conditioning and the _____ after conditioning.

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In this scenario, beer starts as a neutral stimulus because it does not initially elicit a nausea response on its own. Through the process of aversive conditioning, where the beer is paired with a nausea-inducing drug, the beer becomes a conditioned stimulus because it comes to elicit a nausea response due to its association with the drug.

Juan Suffers from Alcoholism and Has Not Responded to Other