Alcohol is weird. Like, conceptually. It's very often expensive, bitter and, to put it lightly, poisonous.

And, yet, it plays a fundamental role in many societies. Why?

On this episode of the podcast, we recap the previous three episodes by applying the theories we've discussed so far - operant conditioning, classical conditioning, and social learning theory - to human drinking behaviour. Hopefully, somehow, we can get to the bottom of this.

Corrections:

39:57 - I should clarify: a tendency in online discourse around psychology

40:06 - Yes, I'm aware this was Maslow's whole thing - the point is that theories like his get much less attention in pop psychology than theories focused on maladaptive behaviours.

References:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EwRZKA2TlZW2Fiwl3wecxUAjEZqLWZFnZ8yuuTri8d8/edit?usp=sharing

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