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A friend of yours was at a party and took some drugs. He is euphoric but doesn't know what he took. Another friend told you that the drug works solely by blocking reuptake. What kind of drug did your friend take?
Operant Conditioning
A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, leading to the increase or decrease of certain behaviors over time.
Extinction
In psychology, extinction refers to the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned response, often due to the absence of reinforcement that initially established the response.
Conditioned Stimulus
A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, evokes a conditioned response.
Generalization
The process of extending the application of a principle or conclusion to many situations without additional evidence.
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