When Substances Are Used to Relieve an Unpleasant Emotional State

question 190

Multiple Choice

When substances are used to relieve an unpleasant emotional state such as sadness,anxiety,stress,or loneliness,the type of substance use is ____.

• A)experimenting
• B)self-medicating
• C)social substance use
• D)addiction

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Definitions:

Conditional Response

An acquired reflex to a stimulus initially neutral, after its frequent association with a stimulus that naturally invokes a response.

Rescorla

An influential figure in psychology known for his work on associative learning and conditioning, particularly the Rescorla-Wagner model of classical conditioning.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between various stimuli, responding differently based on their distinct characteristics.

Classical Conditioning

The process in which learning is achieved by regularly pairing two stimuli until a response once caused by the second stimulus becomes caused by the first stimulus.