The psychologist Shepard Siegel recommends that treatment for drug addiction involves exposing addicts to certain drug cues, such that subsequent exposures no longer produce drug cravings.What behavioral process is implicated in this recommendation?

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The recommended treatment approach involves exposing addicts to drug cues repeatedly over time. This process leads to the reduction or elimination of the conditioned response of craving, which is the process of extinction. The other options (A, B, D) do not explain the process involved as well as extinction.

The Psychologist Shepard Siegel Recommends That Treatment for Drug Addiction