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

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The behavioral process studied by Pavlov that is implicated in this recommendation is extinction, which involves reducing or eliminating a conditioned response by repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus. In this case, the drug cues would be the conditioned stimulus and by repeatedly exposing the addicts to these cues without allowing them to use the drug, the conditioned response (drug cravings) would eventually be extinguished.

The Psychologist Shepard Siegel Recommends That Treatment for Drug Addiction