Cognitive Model Of Gambling Flashcards
Beckona et al (iniation)
Suggest that major depressive disorder is evident in the majority of pathological gamblers
Li et al
Pathological gamblers who gambled to get away from painfully everyday life were more likely to be dependent on other substances
Oei and Gordon (maintenance)
Gamblers have exaggerated self confidence to beat the system, and attribute success to skills and defeat to bad luck
Gamblers fallacy
Mistaken belief that if something is happening more more then usual it will haloed less in the future
Illusions of control
The false belief that supersititions can influence the outcome of gambling
Griffiths
Compared 30 gamblers to non-gamblers in their verbalisations at fruit machines, gamblers were more irrational
Blanco (relapse)
Recall bias tend to forgot losing only remember winning. Just world believe that they will be rewarded for their efforts