A man who is very overweight is trying to cut down on the amount of food that he eats. He wears a thick rubber band on his wrist and whenever he finds himself in the kitchen, he snaps the rubber band, causing a sharp pain. The man is using a technique that has a strong similarity to

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The man is using aversion therapy, a behavioral technique that involves associating an undesirable behavior (in this case, overeating or the urge to eat) with an unpleasant stimulus (the pain from snapping the rubber band on his wrist) to reduce or eliminate that behavior.  Aversion therapy uses counterconditioning procedures to pair noxious stimuli with tempting stimuli. In this case, the man is pairing the pain of the rubber band with being in the kitchen, in an attempt to decrease the amount of food he eats.

A Man Who Is Very Overweight Is Trying to Cut