Explain how negative reinforcement may play a role in drug abuse

What will be an ideal response?


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

Psychology

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Gloria is a 17-year-old girl who weighs 82 pounds and is gaunt and frail. Although she fears food and eating, she focuses on food by talking about it, collecting cookbooks, and cooking huge meals for others. Whenever she looks at herself in the mirror, she thinks she is disgustingly fat. Which disorder is Gloria suffering from?

A. anorexia nervosa B. binge eating C. bipolar disorder D. bulimia

Psychology

How does the EROS clitoral therapy device work to treat sexual arousal and desire disorders? a. It increases blood flow to the clitoris

b. It stimulates the clitoris to orgasm. c. It helps relax the genitals to allow for penetration. d. It provides clitoral stimulation for women who are uncomfortable withmasturbation.

Psychology

How could Fromm’s relatedness need explain Steve’s relationships with women? How does this compare with the Freudian explanation?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Linkage studies are used to help determine:

a. where a gene for a particular trait is likely to be located. b. where and how genetic mutations take place. c. a map of the human nucleus. d. where the boundaries between individual genes are located.

Psychology