Cirrus is addicted to a drug that increases his blood sugar level, temporarily giving him more energy. Cirrus always takes this drug in the kitchen. He finds that he feels fatigue every time he is in the kitchen (but not when he is in other parts of the house) and also that he needs more and more of the drug to maintain the same high energy level. From the perspective of classical conditioning, which one of the following is the most likely explanation of Cirrus’s increasing addiction to the drug? A. Cirrus has learned to respond to some drugs but not to others through the combined processes of stimulus discrimination and higher-order conditioning. B. Lowering blood sugar level to counteract the effect of the drug has become a conditioned response to the “kitchen” stimulus. C. Taking the drugs provides negative reinforcement, such that Cirrus no longer feels tired. D. Extinction has predisposed Cirrus to associate the bathroom with fatigue.
Cirrus is addicted to a drug that increases his blood sugar level, temporarily giving him more energy. Cirrus always takes this drug in the kitchen. He finds that he feels fatigue every time he is in the kitchen (but not when he is in other parts of the house) and also that he needs more and more of the drug to maintain the same high energy level. From the perspective of classical conditioning, which one of the following is the most likely explanation of Cirrus’s increasing addiction to the drug?
A. Cirrus has learned to respond to some drugs but not to others through the combined processes of stimulus discrimination and higher-order conditioning.
B. Lowering blood sugar level to counteract the effect of the drug has become a conditioned response to the “kitchen” stimulus.
C. Taking the drugs provides negative reinforcement, such that Cirrus no longer feels tired.
D. Extinction has predisposed Cirrus to associate the bathroom with fatigue.
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