PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Addictive Behavior, Reward System
5 Jan 2021
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Disease view addiction is a function of abnormal brain adaptations pr behaviors. Disease view involves implicit assumption that addictive behaviors are. P1) addictive drugs work by eliciting the excitation of dopamine abnormal? receptors the process is different with every drug but the result is the same . P2) when the brain"s reward system is activated the neural pathways that are active are strengthened, and the person is more likely to repeat the rewarding behavior. P3) but all pleasure seeking behaviors do this they are biologically and. Therefore, c4) the distinction between addictive and non-addictive behavior. Since either cannot be based on the disease model of abnormal brain function. A) all pleasure seeking behaviors are abnormal, which is trivial. Or b) none are, and such brain adaptations are within the normal operation of brain adaptation of irrational or imprudent. Disease view might also mean that addictive behaviors are abnormal in the sense.
