Whenever Jean hangs around her "drinking buddies," she is overwhelmed with cravings to drink alcohol.In the classical conditioning model,her "drinking buddies" represent ________.

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The "drinking buddies" have become a conditioned stimulus, which triggers a conditioned response (cravings for alcohol). This is classical conditioning, where a previously neutral stimulus (the drinking buddies) has been associated with an unconditioned stimulus (alcohol) to produce a conditioned response (cravings for alcohol).

Whenever Jean Hangs Around Her "Drinking Buddies," She Is Overwhelmed