Drug Users Continue to Use,even Though It Ultimately Destroys Their

question 90

Multiple Choice

Drug users continue to use,even though it ultimately destroys their lives,primarily because the rewards associated with drug use are:

• A)immediate.
• B)larger than those associated with staying clean.
• C)socially mediated.
• D)amplified by expectancy effects.

Define and explain the concept of receptor cells and their role in sensation.

Understand the process and importance of sensory adaptation in human perception.

Explain the concepts and mechanisms related to the perception of brightness and night vision.

Describe the effect of subliminal messaging on behavior and its scientific evaluation.

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcement

Primary Reinforcement involves a stimulus that satisfies a basic survival need and is inherently reinforcing, such as food or water.

Secondary Reinforcement

A type of reinforcement that has acquired its reinforcing properties through association with primary reinforcers, such as money or praise.

Variable-Interval Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where reinforcements are provided at unpredictable time intervals, promoting steady response rates.

Postreinforcement Pause

A moment of no response or inactivity that occurs just after reinforcement in a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement in operant conditioning.