How does negative reinforcement play a role in drug abuse?

What will be an ideal response?


"Negative reinforcement" refers to a situation in which a behavior that turns off an aversive stimulus will be reinforced. For example, taking a drug to reduce a withdrawal reaction will reinforce the action of taking that drug.

Psychology

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The "intimacy" component of love is most similar to the ____ theme of adult friendships

a. sociability b. shared or communal nature c. passion d. affective

Psychology

Which factor that affects happiness accounts for 40% of our total happiness by itself?

a. heredity b. life circumstances c. our behaviors and actions d. genetics

Psychology

Accepting the null hypothesis when it is actually true is called a ______________?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Psychology

Hippocrates diagnoses one of his patients as suffering from phrenitis. The patient is probably __________.

A. excessively excited B. excessively depressed C. suffering from schizophrenia D. autistic

Psychology