Addiction

Question 1

Addiction

Answer 1

a form of maladaptive behaviour

Question 2

Behavioural Addictions

Answer 2

addictions to behaviours such as shopping or gambling

Question 3

Physical Addictions

Answer 3

addiction to physical things such as drugs or alcohol

Question 4

Alcoholism

Answer 4

the only addiction that can kill you if you go cold turkey from it

Question 5

Functioning Alcoholics

Answer 5

alcoholics who are able to go about their daily lives adhering to social norms and functioning adequately, but are only able to do it with the aid of alcohol

Question 6

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Answer 6

where a mother drinks so much during pregnancy that it physically distorts the child’s facial features and affects brain development

Question 7

Magical Thinking

Answer 7

a cognitive process seen in gambling addicts, where gamblers can’t comprehend probability and think other things affect whether they win or lose

Question 8

Mark Griffiths

Answer 8

has done many studies on gambling addiction by getting people to play slot machines and then introspect, explaining their thought processes

Question 9

Variable Rate Ratio

Answer 9

where the behaviour is reinforced after an unpredictable number of times, meaning behaviour will be prolonged and most resistant to extinction; the psychology behind gambling