Ira has been smoking cigarettes for years, and particularly enjoys smoking when he goes to a casino to play blackjack. He recently quit smoking and has been cigarette-free for eight months. In that time, he has also had no opportunity to go back to a casino to play cards. Tonight, he and some friends went to play blackjack, and once he sat down at the table he got a sudden and irresistible urge to smoke a cigarette, and ended up smoking a pack in one night. Ira's unexpected desire to smoke was a result of ________.
A) classical conditioning
B) operant conditioning
C) latent learning
D) observational learning

Question

Ira has been smoking cigarettes for years, and particularly enjoys smoking when he goes to a casino to play blackjack. He recently quit smoking and has been cigarette-free for eight months. In that time, he has also had no opportunity to go back to a casino to play cards. Tonight, he and some friends went to play blackjack, and once he sat down at the table he got a sudden and irresistible urge to smoke a cigarette, and ended up smoking a pack in one night. Ira's unexpected desire to smoke was a result of ________.
A) classical conditioning 
B) operant conditioning
C) latent learning 
D) observational learning

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Ira's unexpected desire to smoke a cigarette while playing blackjack at a casino can be attributed to classical conditioning, in which the environmental cue of being at the casino and playing cards has become associated with smoking cigarettes. The urge to smoke is a conditioned response to the conditioned stimulus of the casino environment.

Ira Has Been Smoking Cigarettes for Years, and Particularly Enjoys