Addiction

Question 1

What are the risk factors in developing addiction

Answer 1

family
peers
stress
genetics
personality

Question 2

What is effected in genetic vulnerability

Answer 2

D2 receptors (too low)
nicotine enzyme (functioning)

Question 3

Who suggested the dopamine desensitisation hypothesis?

Answer 3

Dani and Heinemann

Question 4

Pathway of dopamine in the brain when nAChRs are stimulated

Answer 4

1. nAChR concentrated in ventral tegmental area
2. Mesolimbic path
3. Nucleus accumbens
4. Frontal cortex
   or
5. mesocortical pathway to frontal lobe

Question 5

What are the main elements of cue reactivity

Answer 5

Subjective desire
Physiological signs (temp)
Objective behaviour

Question 6

Types of reinforcement involved in LT of gambling

Answer 6

Vicarious
Partial
Variable

Question 7

what are the types of cognitive biases

Answer 7

Skill and judgement
Personal traits/ rituals
Selective recall
Faulty perceptions

Question 8

Who conducted research into cognitive biases

Answer 8

Griffiths - conducted a study where participants were told to think aloud and irrational and relational thoughts categorised. Regular gamberlars are nearly 6x more irrational thoughts

Question 9

What are the types of drug therapy used to treat addiction

Answer 9

aversives
agonist
antagonists

Question 10

what aversive therapy is used for alcohol

Answer 10

Disulfiram

Question 11

Difference between aversion therapy and covert

Answer 11

Aversion therapy the negative experience is actually experienced but in covert the stimulus and negative symptoms are imagined