addiction

Created by: Abbie Rice
Created on: 10-01-13 17:44

cognitive approach - What does the initiation stage do?

self medication - there are different forms of medication that people choose to take like alcohol,drugs, binge eating , gambling and smoking, they do this to treat the psychological symptoms they get to treat anxiety from not having the forms.

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maintenance stage

its the role of irrational beliefs. The gambler believes that they can manipulate the 'beat the system' they truly believe they make them win the game, but it is a game of luck.

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relapse stage -

recall bia. They siffer from recaall bias, they remeber and overestimate their wins while forgetting about their losses they have had. They think winning is down to their skill and will be eventually rewarded for their efforts.

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learning explanations

initiation - operant conditioning proposes that any behaviour that produces a consequence that the individual finds rewarding then becomes more frequent.Griffithis 2009 argued that people become addicted to slot machines because of the rewards

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maintenance

intermittent reinforcement- gambling is reinforced by the occasional payout

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social approval maintenance

social approval from others reinforces the behaviour. lambos found that peers and family members of oroblem gamblers were more likely to approve of gambling.

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relapse

conditioned cue - addicts learn to associate other stimuli with their gambling behaviour which then triggers arousal.

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its the role of irrational beliefs. The gambler believes that they can manipulate the 'beat the system' they truly believe they make them win the game, but it is a game of luck.

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