Cognitive approach to Gambling

1. Van Holst et al looked at ___ scans to measure brain activities of gamblers. They were presented with probabilities of winning or losing money. (3)
4. A gambler is likely to ________ gambling to relieve boredom. (8)
5. Regular gamblers have __________ expectations which help to maintain behaviour. (10)
8. It is thought that gambling is initiated by seeing an ________ activity that relieves boredom. (8)
9. Duncan found that gambling behaviour provides a ______ from emotional distress. (6)

2. Blaszczynski found that gamblers are more prone to _______. (7)
3. Walters & Contri compared expectancy for gambling amongst male American prisoners. Those identifies as ____________ gamblers had significantly more positive expectencies than non-gamblers. (12)
4. Gamblers continue to gamble because they do not have __________ to give up. (10)
7. Boredom _______ when not gambling. (7)
10. Van Holst et al found that the 'problem' group had increased _____ flow to regions of the brain associated with reward expectancy. (5)

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