PSYC-281 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Aversion Therapy, Reciprocal Inhibition, Covert Conditioning
1 Mar 2017
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According to the stimulus-substitution theory, the conditioned stimulus acts as a substitute for the unconditioned stimulus. According to the preparatory-response theory of conditioning, the purpose of the conditioned response is to prepare the organism for the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus. The preparatory-response theory allows for situation in which the conditioned response and the unconditioned response are sometimes different: describe the compensatory-response model of conditioning. According to the compensatory-response model, a conditioned stimulus that has been repeatedly associated with the primary response (a-process) to an unconditioned stimulus will eventually come to elicit a compensatory response (b- process) The compensatory-response model can account for drug overdoses with the normal amount of drugs if the drugs are taken in a different setting. The drug related cues become associated with the primary response to the drugs, so the cues elicit the compensatory reaction. Without those cues to counter the response, a normal amount of drugs will cause an overdose: describe the rescorla-wagner theory.
