Addiction And Learning Flashcards
What is caveat
When something is named a disease but isn’t contagious
Is it true that every perception, emotion, thought and organism is a product of some biological mechanism
Yes
What is maladaptive
When you adopt something that is bad or in a bad way - like addiction
Is addiction a top-down or bottom-up process
Both
Is classical conditioning a conscious or unconscious process
Unconscious
What is classical conditioning
When an unconditioned stimuli is turned into a conditioned stimuli and is used to create a conditioned response by using reflexes
What is cue reactivity
It is when an environmental cue causes a relapse
What is operant conditioning
When someone receives a punishment or reward for a behaviour
What kind of conditioning is it when reinforcements are used
Operant
Is operant conditioning autonomic
No its sympathetic
What reward system is used for reinforcements
The dopamninergic reward system
What pathway is used for reinforcements
The Mesolimbic pathway
What is in the reinforcement system
Nigrostriatal pathway, medial forebrain bundle, hippothalamuc, substance nigra, ventral tegmental area, hypothalamus, pituitary nucleus accumbens, mesolimic pathway
What is a bolus dose
Small dose of drugs that are suede too ween people from addiction
What is the evolution basis reward
For survival, humans are evolved to like immediate rewards rather then delayed
