Elena is addicted to nicotine pouches (snus). Both her older colleagues at work and her teammates on her competitive sports team use snus. Her teammates originally started using snus because they believed it enhanced their athletic focus and made them look elite and professional.
Elena finds that using snus gives her a sharp burst of concentration and quickly alleviates her feelings of work-related burnout and irritability. She also notices that she experiences intense cravings to use snus at specific times, particularly when she is sitting at her office desk with her afternoon double espresso.
Evaluate one learning explanation for nicotine addiction that could account for Elena's behaviour.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Issues around drug taking, Biological explanations of drug addiction, Learning explanations of drug addiction, Treatments for drug addiction, Anti-drug campaign and strategies, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.