Question

In ________ therapy the person must learn an association between the target behavior and an unpleasant event. Thus, the person receives unpleasant consequences for the undesired behavior.

a. Gestalt

b. rational-emotive

c. aversive conditioning

d. group

Answer 1

Aversive conditioning, a form of operant conditioning, involves learning to associate a behavior with negative punishment, which decreases the likelihood of the behavior.

Step-by-step explanation:

In aversive conditioning, an association is formed between the target behavior and an unpleasant event, so that the undesired behavior receives unpleasant consequences and is thus discouraged. This is an application of operant conditioning, a type of associative learning where behaviors and their consequences are linked. Operant conditioning involves learning to associate voluntary behaviors with their subsequent consequences. When an undesirable behavior is followed by an unpleasant stimulus (a form of negative punishment), the likelihood of that behavior occurring decreases. This stands in contrast with classical or Pavlovian conditioning, where an involuntary response (a reflex) is associated with a stimulus.