Covert sensitisation is a behavioural intervention used to reduce addictive behaviours. Which one of the following statements is not true of covert sensitisation?
It is considered more ethical and typically has lower treatment dropout rates compared to traditional in vivo aversion therapy.
It utilizes classical conditioning principles to associate the target addictive behavior with a highly unpleasant, imagined consequence.
The therapist guides the client through vivid, detailed mental descriptions of both the addictive craving and its repulsive imagined outcome.
It requires the administration of a pharmacological agent, such as an emetic drug, to induce a physiological state of nausea in the presence of the addictive substance.
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