Question

Opioids addiction

rlablé-interval, fixed-ratio, or variable-ratio. chedules of reinforcement (part 2): Written assignment: (outside of class, INDEPENDENT assignment): consider addiction (drug, sex, shopping, etc), discuss whether addiction is perpetuated on Classical or Operant Conditioning. Further, discuss how the schedules of reinforcement are involved in forming and/or maintaining such addiction. What are the advantages of the different schedules of reinforcement and how can they be utilized to treat addictive behavior?

Answer 1

A Russian psychologist ivon pavolv discovered Classical conditioning theory which is considered in prepetuated of addiction or addictive behaiour like drug , sex , shopping in exessively.it means that specific stimulus causes specific responce.classical condition helps to implement various therapy like aversion therapy to eliminate unwanted behaiour.

Step-2

schedule of reinforcement is a stating rules where instance behaviour get reinforcement. Schedule of reinforcement is two types continous shedule reinforcement and interttinment schedule. Here reinforcement is given every time to abstain from such addiction behaiour and leads in a constructive way. And intermittent schedule which is four types fixed ratio schedule and interval ratio schedule , fixed variable schedule and interval ratio schedule where reinforcement is given after fixed or interval peroid of time to stimulate the correct behaiour or maintaiing the addiction behaiour. So when reinforcement is given on the basis of their improvement and performance on remove addiction in certain period then their behaiour will be desirablly shape.

step 3

Its helps to understand appropriately when will be provide reinforcement to shape addictive behaiour.

2.variable ratio schedule is most effective schedule to provide correct reinforcement where it occurs in unpredictable responce.so patient always show good behaiour to get rewarded or to avoid punishment .

3. Addictive behaiour is condition behaiour where responce is automatically created after observing stimulus. So different types schedule like fixed interval schedule, fixed variable schedule of reinforcement should implement to eliminate this conditioning behaiour at diffrent context.

4. Fixed interval schedule hepls to get high amount good behaiour after first reinforcement.

Reinforcement of schedule play prominent role in to treat addictive behaiour. It's provide reinforcement correctly to overcome the addiction.its make patient on goal oriented and improve his performance for getting reinforcement in different schedule.