Your fraternity brother knows that you are a psychology major and asks you to explain why he starts smoking again after quitting on several occasions. Describe in detail the classical conditioning components involved in smoking (the conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response, and unconditioned response) and how spontaneous recovery can cause the reoccurrence of the smoking habit.
What will be an ideal response?
Conditioned stimulus (CS) = stimuli associated with smoking (being around friends who smoke)
Unconditioned stimulus (US) = physiological aspects of nicotine inhalation
Unconditioned response (UR) = body responses to nicotine
Conditioned response (CR) = body responses to nicotine
Extinction: Not inhaling nicotine in the presence of the CS (stimuli associated with smoking) until the presence of the CS no longer brings about a CR
Spontaneous recovery: After extinction followed by a pause, during which time your fraternity brother does not see his other smoking friends, he sees them again and this CS elicits the CR.
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