3.1.3 Evaluation of personality & addiction Flashcards

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(support) Gossop & Eysenck the drug addicts compared to controls of non addicts, had high what?

A

psychotic and neurotic scores

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(support) what does Gossop and Eysenck’s research appear to support?

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link between personality and addiction

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(support) Gossop & Eysenck how many addicts did they research?

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over 200 drug addicts

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(support) what did the Gossop & Eysenck research use?

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the Eysenck personality questionnaire

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(against) what is an issue of using a questionnaire in the Gossop and Eysenck research?

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self report method
social desirability bias
giving answers to excuse their behaviours

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(against) what is an issue of the researcher in the Gossop & Eysenck research?

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researcher bias

eysencks research and study

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(against) what is Eysenck assuming?

what is he ignoring?

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personality causes a person to become addicted

other way around - drugs could affect frontal and prefrontal cortex affecting decision making

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what is a prospective study?

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one looking for outcomes e.g. the development of an addiction during the study period

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(support) what does the prospective study done by Dong et al provide further support for?

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idea of an addictive personality causing addictive behaviour

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(support) who was Dong et al’s research participants?

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Chinese university students

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(support) what did Dong et al’s research involve the Chinese students doing just after entering uni?

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completing an EPQ just after entering uni

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(support - Dong et al) two years later what was assessed?

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the students internet addiction

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(support - Dong et al) what did the researchers find?

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higher P and N scores linked to addiction

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(Support) what does Dong et al’s prospective design suggest about personality?

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it is a cause rather than effect of addiction

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(support) impulsive rats have been found to increase what?

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cocaine intake more than low impulsivity rats

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(support) how does the rat research link to Eysenck?

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impulsivity linked to psychoticism

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(against) what is a criticism of the rat research?

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animal research

not generalizable to humans

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(against) in the rat research it was specific to what?

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cocaine intake, not heroin

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(against) in humans research looking at individuals tendency to become addicted has not found what, suggesting what?

A

common pattern

suggesting the relationship is more complex than thought

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(against) many personality traits aren’t unique to what? Give an example.

A

addiction

Eysenck found high P and N scores in criminals

21
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(against) self esteem is ranked in what position in risk factors for substance abuse?

A

10th

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(against) what other risk factors are ranked higher than self esteem?

A

peers drug use
deviance
poor parental relationship
poor academic achivement

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(against) what does Kerr argue the idea of an addictive personality is?

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one of the myths of addiction

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(against) Kerr says there are multiple traits linked to addiction typical of what?

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most individuals to some degree

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(conclusion) particular traits or characteristics may what?

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predispose you to becoming addicted

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(conclusion) traits don’t guarantee you will become addicted why?

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traits are shared with non addicts