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Addiction can be learned

Addiction can be learned

Three-panel schematic comparing nicotine classical conditioning, heroin operant conditioning, and alcohol social learning with arrows showing cues, reinforcement, and observation leading to drug use or craving

Learning explanations focus on how addictive behaviour is acquired and maintained through experience. They show how cues, consequences, and role models in the environment can make drug-taking more likely.

Learning explanations of drug addiction Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Learning explanations of drug addiction

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level Psychology Learning explanations of drug addiction. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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