What Learning Process May Explain Why Some Addicts Are More

question 73

Multiple Choice

What learning process may explain why some addicts are more likely to overdose in new settings as opposed to familiar settings?

• A) The addict was habituated to the effects of the drug in familiar settings, but this was not true of the new setting.
• B) The addict had failed to generalize his or her drug-taking script to the new setting.
• C) Opponent processes that were classically conditioned in the familiar setting were not triggered in the new setting.
• D) The addict had learned to control stimulus-response associations in the familiar setting, but this learning did not generalize.

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Definitions:

Tight Supply Conditions

A market situation where the supply of a good is limited, often leading to higher prices.

Nonrivalrous Consumption

A consumption characteristic where one individual's use of a good does not reduce availability to others.

Marginal Cost

The cost incurred by producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Simultaneous Consumption

A characteristic of services that indicates they are consumed at the same time as they are produced.