PSY407H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Cue Reactivity, Social Learning Theory, Hedonic Treadmill
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Cognitive theories of addiction: a narrative review summary. Classical conditioning, cue reactivity, expectancy theory, social learning theory, neuropsychological models, and prime theory. Addiction is a syndrome, the centre of which is impaired control over a reward-seeking behaviour; impaired control that is leading to self-harm. A reward-seeking behaviour that becomes out of control. Addiction is a broad concept, including many areas. Until there is a loss of control and associated harm, drug use does not become classed as an addiction. Model and theory often interchanged, but different. A model is a representation of a system or an object or set of events. A theory seeks to explain and predict by proposing the existence or operation of entities that have not been observed. Classical conditioning a stimulus produces a response. Models involving classical conditioning emphasize either the experience of withdrawal symptoms, or the positive incentive properties of the drugs. Addiction is based on cues in a way then.
