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 technique used in the stop-smoking program is aversive conditioning, which is based on the principles of classical conditioning. The unpleasant taste associated with smoking the cigarettes is intended to create a negative association with smoking in the participants' minds, effectively conditioning them to avoid smoking. Virtual reality, systematic desensitization, and token economy are all different techniques that use different principles of conditioning, and are not applicable in this scenario.

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