As the Months Pass,Kurt Begins Taking More and More Heroin

question 86

Multiple Choice

As the months pass,Kurt begins taking more and more heroin as each dose doesn't seem to give him the same high.Eventually,Kurt is addicted to heroin.According to opponent-process theory,____ may be the basis of Kurt's dangerous addiction.

• A) sensitization
• B) learning
• C) habituation
• D) classical conditioning

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