When people take drugs repeatedly in the same setting, the body responds with countermeasures intended to reestablish homeostasis. In the language of classical conditioning, these countermeasures to the drug are the ________ and the setting in which the drug is taken is the ________.

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The countermeasures to the drug are the unconditioned response because they are automatic reactions by the body to the drug, and the setting in which the drug is taken acts as the conditioned stimulus, as it becomes associated with the drug's effects through repeated exposure.  The CS is the setting that signals the body to start these compensatory measures. The compensatory measures are the UCR reacting to the UCS of drug use. Eventually the CS (setting) sets off the compensatory response (CR), leading to higher and higher doses needed for the same effect (tolerance).

When People Take Drugs Repeatedly in the Same Setting, the Body