In Ader and Cohen's Taste-Aversion Experiment with Rats, the Sweet-Tasting

question 32

Multiple Choice

In Ader and Cohen's taste-aversion experiment with rats, the sweet-tasting water functioned as a(n) ______, and the drug it was paired with functioned as a(n) ______.

• A) conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus
• B) unconditioned stimulus; conditioned stimulus
• C) precipitating factor; predisposing factor
• D) predisposing factor; precipitating factor

Recognize the immediate and long-term health risks associated with specific psychoactive drugs.

Identify the impact of substances like THC and ecstasy on the body and mind.

Acknowledge the relationship between substance use and mental health issues, including social anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

Understand the biological basis for addiction and the role of the dopamine reward system.

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are unconsciously excluded from consciousness.

Identical Twin

Identical twin refers to two individuals who have developed from a single fertilized egg, sharing the same genetic material and typically, but not exclusively, similar physical traits and characteristics.

Fraternal Twin

Siblings born at the same time to the same mother but developed from separate eggs fertilized by different sperm cells, making them genetically distinct.

Environment

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.