Opponent process theory motivation

Koob, George F., Louis Stinus, Michel Le Moal, and Floyd E. Bloom. 1989a. "Opponent Process Theory of Motivation Neurobiological Evidence from Studies of Opiate Dependence." Neuroscience and Biobehaviorat Reviews 13 135-40. 

Solomon, Richard L. 1980. "The Opponent Process Theory of Acquired Motivation." American Psychologist 35 691-712. 

Solomon, Richard L., and John D. Corbit. 1974. "An Opponent-Process Theory of Motivation I. Temporal Dynamics of Affect." Psychological Review 81 119-45. 

Solomon, R. (1980) The opponent-process theory of acquired motivation, American Journal of Psychology 35,691-712. 

Koob GF, Stinus L, Le Moal M, Bloom FE (1989) Opponent process theory of motivation neurobiological evidence from studies of opiate dependence. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 75 135-140. 

Solomon RL (1977) An opponent-process theory of motivation IV. The affective dynamics of addiction. In Maser JD, Seligman MEP (Eds), Psychopathology Experimental Models, Freeman, San Francisco. 

One more aspect of compensatory reactions is that with repeated use of a given dose of a drug, they are thought to become stronger. You can see that we have the makings of an explanation of tolerance here, one that was made prominent over 30 years ago by two psychologists, Richard Solomon and John Corbit, when they published their opponent process theory of motivation (Solomon Corbit, 1974). 

Solomon, R. L., 8c Corbit, J. D. (1974). An opponent-process theory of motivation I. Temporal dynamics of affect. Psychological Review, 81, 119-145. 

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