PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Classical Conditioning, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Opiate
8 Sep 2016
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Heroin addiction general ~ 0. 3% rate ~ 20% First time drug is consumed with each time taken takes lesser effect this is called tolerance. Functional changes in the addicted brain affects future choice of behaviours. Addiction causes actual biological impacts to the brain. Not engaging in destructive behaviours becomes more dif cult in an addicted brain. Conditional response: is heightened pain sensitivity over the course of the experiment after repeated trials, if given cues to receive addictive substance but not actually given it causes substance abuser to become aggressive. Therefore, placing a subject in a different environment causes substance to become more lethal. 4 things to know about cc: cc generates multiple responses, cc establishes preferences and aversions (taste aversion learning, cc underlies various psychological conditions (phobias, pairing the us and cs is not suf cient for conditioning to occur. Reminders: instrumental conditioning module and chapter 3 (section 3-8)
