cognitive biases

Question 1

Kahneman and Tiversky

Answer 1

people choose a particular heuristic on the wrong occasion, causes inappropriate behaviour/response. e.g. causing people to gamble when they’re losing

Question 2

Weinstein and Cox

Answer 2

attention bias plays role on the development and maintenance of addiction. addict pays more attention to stimulus, increase amount they engage in this behaviour

Question 3

Ibanez et al (2003)

Answer 3

more men then women exposed to gambling in adolescence. women had later age of first bet and faster evolution of disorder

Question 4

evidence of illusion of control

Answer 4

in a game of dice participants bet more points when they were throwing the dice than when their partner threw the dice.

Question 5

Griffiths

Answer 5

compared verbalisations of regular and non regular gamblers. evidence of heuristics and biases. introspection is subjective, observer bias

Question 6

CBT

Answer 6

after 3 months of CBT, DSM IV scores reduced, less money spent on money, improved depression and anxiety