Jill enrolled in a stop-smoking program at a local hospital. At the end of each of the daily sessions, participants in the program were required to rapidly puff one cigarette after another for five minutes. Although the participants were unaware of it, the filter tips of the cigarettes had been coated with a foul-tasting substance that induced mild nausea. This part of the stop-smoking program involved _____, which is based on the principles of _____.

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The scenario describes aversive conditioning, in which an unpleasant stimulus is associated with a behavior in order to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future. This is based on the principles of classical conditioning, in which a neutral stimulus is paired with a meaningful stimulus in order to produce a response.

Jill Enrolled in a Stop-Smoking Program at a Local Hospital