Marshall was addicted to opioid pain medication but is now sober after having successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program. While successful, this program did not directly incorporate principles of classical conditioning and focused instead on other treatment techniques. Given this, what response is Marshall likely to have after encountering a bottle of his wife's pain medication six month post-treatment?
A. He will have little to no reaction to the medication bottle and will consider it to be neutral stimulus.
B. He will experience a return of his conditioned response (CR) and experience a craving for the drug.
C. A new conditioned response (CR) will emerge and he will feel extremely ill just looking at the medication bottle.
D. He will be unable to remember the conditioned response (CR) he used to have to this type of stimulus.
Answer: B
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