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Addiction Flashcards

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What is an addiction?

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What is the choice theory of addiction?

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What are the criteria for substance-related disorders?

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How does alcohol use differ across ages and genders?

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What are some of the effects of substance addiction on the dopaminergic and endogenous opioid systems?

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How does learning theory explain drug addiction?

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How does Opponent Process Theory work?

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Which process is stronger to induce a pleasant feeling?

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What are the cognitive and behavioural treatments for drug addiction?

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What are some reasons people gamble and persist despite negative consequences?

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How prevalent is gambling?

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What is gambling comorbid with?

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What are some of the criteria for substance-related disorders?

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What are the stages of gambling disorder?

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Define:
Illusion of control
Gambler's fallacy
Biased evaluation
Selective recall
Cognitive regret
Superstitious beliefs and luck
Luck as a personal quality
Gambling as a source
Illusory correlations
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What is the integrated bio-psycho-social model of gambling disorder?

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Describe behaviourally conditioned pathological gamblers.

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Describe emotionally vulnerable pathological gamblers.

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Describe biologically based pathological gamblers.

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Which group of pathological gamblers did Simon fall under? Which cognitive biases did he have?

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Behaviourally conditioned -> went to jail
Illusion of control - believed he had skill
Biased evaluation - remembered the wins
Gambling as a source - thought he could come out ahead so gambled more to improve his skill

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Which group of pathological gamblers did Marlene fall under? Which cognitive biases did she have?

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Behaviourally conditioned

Illusory correlations - sit a certain way, press the button the same way

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Which group of pathological gamblers did Annie fall under? Which cognitive biases did she have?

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Behaviourally conditioned as she would go play during her breaks, a form of entertainment
Gambling as a source - thought she could beat the machine

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Which group of pathological gamblers did Terry fall under? Which cognitive biases did he have?

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Biologically based as he was more antisocial and impulsive
Gambler’s fallacy - thought wins must follow after losses
Cognitive regret - put more money into the machine to avoid missing out on next potentially winning gamble -> went to get more money
Superstitious beliefs

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