One reason that aversive conditioning may only be temporarily effective is that

A) for ethical reasons,therapists cannot use sufficiently intense unconditioned stimuli to sustain classical conditioning.
B) patients are often unable to become sufficiently relaxed for conditioning to take place.
C) patients know that outside the therapist's office they can engage in the undesirable behavior without fear of aversive consequences.
D) most conditioned responses are elicited by many nonspecific stimuli and it is impossible to countercondition them all.

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Prabhjot Sanghera · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The effectiveness of aversive conditioning in reducing unwanted behaviors depends on whether the patient perceives that they will be subject to aversive consequences if they engage in the undesired behavior. However, outside of the therapist's office, patients may believe that they can engage in the behavior without fear of aversive consequences, making the conditioning effect temporary.

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