PSYC 2044 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drug Overdose, Drug Withdrawal, Little Albert Experiment
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Purpose of the cr is to prepare organism for presentation of the us. Allows for situations in which the cr and ur are different b/c the cr counters the ur. Cs is repeatedly paired w/ primary response to a us will eventually come to elicit a compensatory response. Partly motivated by tendency to avoid the symptoms of drug withdrawal. Heroin related cues: relaxing effect of heroin leads to withdrawal then heroin related cues lead to withdrawal. Strongest reason why people continue to battle cravings after they have stopped using drugs. Repeated exposure to a drug leads to less effective action of the drug. More likely to overdose in a novel setting. Conditioned fear response to one event has become overgeneralized to other harmless events. Conditioned a fear response in an 11 month old boy. Before he had a high level of emotional stability. Loud noise led to fear, rat led to no fear.
