What Does Conditioning Theory Contribute to the Understaning of Addictive Behaviour.

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Student Id: 200676073 Module Code: LAUT 3006 Module Leader: Matthew Gaskell Assignment Number: 1 Assignment title: What does conditioning theory contribute to the understanding of addictive behaviour? Word Count: 2.442 Contents Page Num Introduction 2 Classical Conditioning 2-3 Operant Conditioning 3-4 Research & Evidence 4-5 Social Learning 5-6 Cue Exposure & Aversion Treatments 6-7 Addiction treatments based on Conditioning models 7-8 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9-10 Introduction ‘Addiction is a trap that only the imprisoned slave (to one's habits) can escape’ (Marlette 1990) “Drinking/drug is seen as behaviour and not as diseases” Conditioning models are one of several models that can give explanation to the development of addiction. In this piece I’m going to explore my understanding of the “Conditioning Theories contributions to the understanding of addictive
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