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Cocaine and Methamphetamine Are No Longer in Separate Classes in DSM-5

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Cocaine and methamphetamine are no longer in separate classes in DSM-5 but have been combined into a new class, stimulants.


Definitions:

Generalization

The extension of learned responses to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus in a learning process.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears as a result of the withdrawal of reinforcement.

Contingency

The relationship between two events, one being contingent or a consequence of the other's occurrence.

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