Sebastian Has Been Smoking Cigarettes for Years, and Particularly Enjoys

question 247

Multiple Choice

Sebastian has been smoking cigarettes for years, and particularly enjoys smoking when he goes to a casino to play blackjack. He recently quit smoking and has been cigarette-free for eight months. In that time, he has also had no opportunity to go back to a casino to play cards. Tonight, he and some friends went to play blackjack, and once he sat down at the table he got a sudden and irresistible urge to smoke a cigarette, and ended up smoking a pack in one night. Sebastian's unexpected desire to smoke was a result of __________.

• A) classical conditioning
• B) operant conditioning
• C) latent learning
• D) observational learning

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