Why Are Heroin Users More Likely to Overdose When They

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why are heroin users more likely to overdose when they inject heroin someplace other than their usual location?

• A) Heroin users tend to inject a larger dose in new locations.
• B) Heroin users learn to associate safe practices with their usual location.
• C) Heroin users find drug use more rewarding in new locations.
• D) Cues that normally trigger a conditioned response that helps to prepare the body for the heroin are missing in the new locations.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An acquisition technique involving the frequent pairing of two stimuli; a response that initially derives from the second stimulus, in the end, derives from the first stimulus alone.

Drug Craving

An intense desire or urge for a specific drug, experienced after exposure to the drug or cues associated with the drug.

Operant Conditioning

A developmental technique that modifies behavior intensity by employing strategies of reinforcement or punishment.

B.F. Skinner

An influential psychologist best known for his work in behaviorism and the development of the theory of operant conditioning.