What is aversion therapy? Explain and provide an example of how it might be used. ______

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Aversion therapy is a form of therapy that is used to reduce a behavior through associating
it with punishment. In other words, operant conditioning is used to decrease the frequency
of an undesirable behavior by following it with unpleasant consequences. Aversion
therapy can be used in the treatment of alcoholism. The alcoholic is treated with a drug
that makes it such that they will get sick if they drink. If they drink while on the drug they
get ill, thus drinking will come to be associated with the nausea and vomiting that occurs.

Psychology

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a) They use arm movements. b) They use facial expressions and pantomimes of emotions. c) They use arms and hands rather than just one arm and hand. d) They code emphasis by the number of fingers involved in their communications.

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The process of objectively evaluating claims, propositions, and conclusions to determine whether they follow logically from the evidence is known as _____

a) critical thinking. b) evaluation. c) heuristic thinking. d) suspension of judgment.

Psychology