Addictions Final Flashcards
Who can become an addict?
Anyone
4 personality types at high risk?
Gregarious sensation seeking, rebellious, impulsive
Two types of Risk?
Risks we can change (choice), Risks we cannot change (Biology)
Formula for risk?
Body/Biology + choice = outcome
Two things that influence choice
Social and psychological
Two types of problems from abuse/ addiction
Health and Impairment
Social Dependence
Seeking to be with people whose drinking/ drug use is similar to your own
Psychological Dependence
We depend on something/someone so that we can be comfortable and function normally
4 different potential indicators of psychological dependence
Preoccupation/integration, social dependence, sense of relationship, defense of choices
Example of integration of substance use into somebody’s life?
Arranging classes to use
State-Dependent Learning
Learned behavior or experience in one mental/ emotional state is best recalled in same state
Phase 1
Take it or leave it and low risk
Phase 2
Anticipation and high risk
Phase 3
Psychological Dependence and increase in tolerance, SDL social dependence
Phase 4
Physical Dependence, withdrawal, loss of control