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14 June, 01:10

Some people with alcohol dependence report that just the smell of alcohol creates a powerful sense of well-being, increasing the desire to drink the alcohol. Explain this reaction using a classical conditioning model, and describe one possible way to decrease the reaction. Use the following terms in your answer:

A. Unconditioned stimulus

B. Unconditioned response

D. Conditioned stimulus

E. Conditioned response

F. Extinction

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  1. 14 June, 01:38
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    UCS - alcohol

    UCR - sense of well-being

    CS - smell of alcohol

    CR - sense of well-being

    Alcohol (UCS) causes the UCR; UCS automatically cause (UCR) a sense of well-being, without previous conditioning.

    Since the smell of alcohol is paired repeatedly with actual alcohol (UCS), it is likely to eventually elicit the UCR (sense of well-being).

    Sense of well-being is the UCR to the UCS of alcohol, the smell of alcohol (CS) is likely to eventually elicit the CR of a sense of well-being.

    The presentation of the CS (smell of alcohol) without the UCS (alcohol), with repeated pairings, will eliminate the conditioned response (CR). Therefore, extinction has taken place.
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