01:830:364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cocktail Glass
Document Summary
Evidence of sign tracking of alcohol drinking in humans. Evidence of sign-tracking of alcohol drinking in humans. If sign-tracking contributes to alcohol drinking in humans, then conditions conducive to the development of sign-tracking should be associated with elevated levels of problem drinking. There is evidence that the glassware used to consume the alcoholic beverage can trigger alcohol drinking. The task required the raccoon to pick up a wooden coin, then carry the coin to a log. The recalcitrant raccoon cabin bank, then deposit the coin in a slot at the top. But, with continued training, the raccoon began to have problems. Increasing the raccoon"s hunger drive made matters worse. The misbehavior effect reveals the disconnect between the action of the raccoon (to eat the wooden coin) and the intention of the hungry raccoon (to eat the food reward). The loss of self-control is fundamental to the drug addiction process.
