A Key Point of the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction Is

question 26

Multiple Choice

A key point of the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction is that

• A) the positive-incentive value of addictive drugs habituates with use.
• B) the pleasure-producing effects of addictive drugs are sensitized.
• C) although the anticipated pleasurable effects of addicted drugs increase as the result of drug use, their actual pleasurable effects may not.
• D) all of the above
• E) both A and B

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