Models of Alcohol Addiction
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According to the biological model of addiction why do some people become addicted?
What do advocates of the learning model of addiction say why some people become addicted?
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This solution describes the different models that seek to explain alcohol addiction.
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According to the biological model of addiction, some people become addicted due to the genetics that they have inherited, in relation to alcohol addiction. According to this model, some individuals have inherited genetic traits that cause them to be at a higher risk for becoming addicted to alcohol than other individuals, which has been proven through the study of the gene pools of some of the individuals that ...
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