A person with a substance abuse problem suffers a near-fatal overdose after taking a typical amount of a drug in a new setting.The overdose appears to have occurred because the person's compensatory responses weren't triggered.This is an example of which process?

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This is an example of classical conditioning, where the person had developed a learned physiological response to the drug in their usual setting/environment, but in the new setting/environment, that response was not triggered, leading to the overdose.

A Person with a Substance Abuse Problem Suffers a Near-Fatal