Applying To Modifying Addiction: Cognitive Restructuring.

Question 1

Measuring cognitive biases in gamblers is useful. Why?

Answer 1

• It provides useful implications for treatment.

Question 2

What is Cognitive Restructuring and how can it be applied to gambling?

Answer 2

• It is used to teach the gamblers that the thoughts they’re having while gambling are irrational.

Question 3

What did Griffiths (1994) played back verbslisations gamblers made while gambling to help highlight their irrational nature. He tried this in a small scale of regular gamblers. What did he find?

Answer 3

• They were surprised by what they heard which might be useful in helping to overcome.

Question 4

What did Erica Fortune and Adam Hoodie find in 2012 while using the same study regarding gambling and verbslisations as part of broader CBT?

Answer 4

• There’s a focus on correcting specific believes and biases.
• Both provided same success.
• Proved that cognition may play a role.