The hypothesis that drug tolerance is due to the development of conditioned compensatory responses to a drug's effects would predict that, after complete tolerance has developed in one environmental context, the drug's effects would again be evidenced if the
A)drug was administered in an entirely different context
B)dose of the drug was reduced
C)the person were not exposed to the drug for several days
D)all of the above

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The hypothesis proposes that tolerance develops due to conditioned responses to the drug's effects in a particular environmental context. Therefore, administering the drug in an entirely different context (Option A) where the conditioned response is not present would result in the drug's effects being evident again. Options B and C suggest reducing the dose and discontinuing the drug for several days, respectively, which may help prevent or reverse tolerance, but they do not explain how the drug's effects would be evident again after complete tolerance has developed.

The Hypothesis That Drug Tolerance Is Due to the Development