Chapter 3 Continued: Operant Conditioning of Drug Effects Flashcards
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Sensitization?
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when the effect of a drug increases with repeated exposure (less common than tolerance )
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Operant Conditioning and Tolerance
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organisms can alter their behaviour to compensate for the efects of a drug with reinforcement of rewards!
ie: drunk people are told if they do well on their motor test they will be rewarded with money= improvement.
Drunk people are told nothing but to do the motor test, epic fail.
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Sensitization paired with the environment
a) ???
b) ??
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a) if it is developed in a certain environment it will decrease when the drug is given in a novel environment.
b) the environment it is repeatedly done in will elicit a CR that acts just like the drugs actual effects.
