Addiction: Risk factors

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What is the prefrontal cortex implicated in?
decision making
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What is thought to happen to the prefrontal cortex as you age?
mature
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This is why some people believe that _______ people are more likely to become addicted.
younger
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This means that they experience fewer ________ effects.
negative
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As well as this they are more _________ to the positive effects of an addiction.
sensitive
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Shram did a study using adolescent and adult ____.
rats
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What substance did they use to test the effects?
nicotine
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Shram found in the adolescent group a higher rate of _________ _______.
rewarding effects
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As well as a lower rate of ________ _______.
negative effects
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A study using MRI scans and a driving stimulation found that adolescents _____ became sensitive to the rewarding qualities of going past a red light.
brain
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This increased when they thought that _____ were watching them.
peers
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The number of cigarettes smoked by regular smokers has ______ since 2007.
fallen
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The ___ found that 67% of regular smokers started before 18.
nhs
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Social Identity Theory identifies ____ _____ as drive for addiction.
self image
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An __ group discriminates against the out group, making them more desirable and leading to addictive behaviour to be able to join.
in
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This is called _________ _________.
normative behaviour
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Social Learning Theory identifies _________ _____________ as a factor in addiction.
vicarious reinforcement
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They state that addiction is primarily learnt from _________ and imitating others.
observing
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Who identifies popularity and social status as a motivator in addictive behaviours?
eiser
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Duncan et al argues that ________ to peers that carry out addictive behaviour increases likelihood of smoking.
exposure
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Eysenck identified high levels of ___________ as a part of an 'addictive personality'.
neuroticism
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He also identified ____________ as a factor in this.
psychoticism
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Additionally if you are ___________ you are more likely to be prone to addiction as you have more opportunity.
extroverted
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_______ supports this as they found a link between addiction and high scores of the two attributes.
francis
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Research suggests that individuals with ___ self-esteem are more prone to addiction.
low
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Valeskaet et al found what type of correlation between self-esteem in boys and frequency of cannabis abuse?
negative
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Kayman et al studied 7000 _____ ages 13-18.
girls
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They assessed the participants perceived ______.
weight
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As well as whether or not they were trying to ____ weight.
lose
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They used ______________ as a method for collecting data.
questionnaires
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How many years did they do this for?
one
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After this they found that girls with lower self-esteem were more likely to what?
smoke
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How many years did they do this for?
one
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After this they found that girls with lower self-esteem were more likely to what?
smoke
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