Title: Classical Conditioning and Addiction
Headings: Classical Conditioning and Addiction
Classical Conditioning and Addiction
Classical Conditioning: A Review
How Classical Conditioning and Addiction Relate to One Another
Possible Treatment Options
Reboot Your Recovery

Content: salivation. How Classical Conditioning and Addiction Relate to One Another
The question is how does classical conditioning and addiction relate to one another? Like the example of the bell ringing when the food was on its way for the dogs, there can be certain relapse triggers that can have the same effect on the addicted person. Those relapse triggers can be certain smells, places, and situations that have a strong connection to the actual act of using. For example, someone could come home from work and always drink in front of the television or they may always smoke marijuana in the car. In those cases, the television and the car can be seen as conditioned stimuli. In both situations, those settings (sitting in front of the television or being in the car) create powerful cravings (like the salivation in the dogs) and those cravings can lead to relapse behaviors. Possible Treatment Options
In regards to classical conditioning and addiction, there may be some options available that can weaken those stimulus associations. Cue exposure therapy is one possible treatment option and focuses on those cues (sights, smells, sounds, etc.) that can be seen as the conditional stimuli that can lead to cravings and thus relapse behaviors.