After repeatedly drinking alcohol spiked with a nauseating drug,people with alcohol use disorder may fail to develop an aversion to alcohol because they blame their nausea on the drug.This illustrates the importance of ________ in classical conditioning.
A) mirror neurons
B) cognitive maps
C) cognitive processes
D) instinctive drift

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Cognitive processes are involved in assigning meaning to experiences and stimuli, and in this case, the individuals are interpreting the nausea as being caused by the drug rather than the alcohol. This interpretation leads to a failure to develop a conditioned aversion to alcohol. Mirror neurons are involved in imitating others' behaviors, cognitive maps refer to mental representations of physical spaces, and instinctive drift refers to the tendency for learned behaviors to be replaced by innate behaviors over time. None of these are directly relevant to the scenario described.

After Repeatedly Drinking Alcohol Spiked with a Nauseating Drug,people with Alcohol