According to the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective, People Who Use Drugs

question 83

Multiple Choice

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, people who use drugs do so because

• A)they have learned to label the drug-using experience in positive terms.
• B)they have a biological predisposition to drug addiction.
• C)they have been exploited and alienated by a capitalistic society.
• D)the society is in a state of anomie.

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Definitions:

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement in which a desirable behavior is rewarded every time it occurs, leading to rapid learning.

Extinction Contrast Effect

The increased difference in the intensity or frequency of a response observed when a previously reinforced behavior is no longer reinforced, in the presence of a contrasting condition that continues to be reinforced.

Tokens

Symbols or objects used as representations of value or exchange, often employed in token economies for behavior reinforcement.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, operant conditioning involves an association between behaviors and their consequences.