When Laboratory Animals Are Given Unlimited Opportunities to Self-Administer Cocaine

question 29

Multiple Choice

When laboratory animals are given unlimited opportunities to self-administer cocaine injections what will most of them do?

• A) Most eventually become bored with it and stop taking it.
• B) They become completely tolerant to it and it loses its effect.
• C) They only inject enough to keep themselves awake.
• D) They will readily self-administer it until death.

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Definitions:

Subliminal Stimulation

The process of influencing an individual's mind below the threshold of conscious perception.

Context Effects

The influence of environmental factors on one's perception, cognition, or behavior in a given situation.

Sensory Adaptation

The method through which sensory detectors decrease in sensitivity towards unvarying or steady stimuli over a period.

Subliminal Sensation

A perceptual experience that occurs below the threshold of conscious awareness.