Cognitive smoking

Question 1

What does cog suggest is the reason for initiation?

Answer 1

Expectancies-
regarding tabacco influence the intit, may think smoking is stress reducing and may smoke in the belief that it will reduce stress and negative feelings
may believe it is attractive to the opp sex or that it will facilitate social interactions
may believe it will control appitite and weight gain

Coping-
attentional focus- Heishman suggests smoking can help concentrate with increased attention focus and enhanced performance of well learned behaviours

Self efficacy-
may think they can control addic and any probs that may arise

Question 2

What does cog suggest is the cause of maintenance?

Answer 2

Self efficacy and expectancices-
may think they can stop when they wish feel like they can stop whenever so they keep going until they want to stop, but they dont
also smoker may think giving up would be phsycically difficult and they will be unable therefore they do not try

Becks vicious cycle-
may be unhappy therfore they engage in smoking. smoking leads to poss medical issues and financial difficulties and this may contribute as it may resuly in negative mood which leads to viscious cycle continuing

Question 3

Cog relapse?

Answer 3

Expectancies-
may feel self concious that they cannot give up without withdrawal and t hey are obvs to oyhrtd and become stressed at self consiousness which leads them to smoke again because they EXPECT if they smoke that withds are addressed

Coping-
maybe that withd can be addressed immed

Self eff-
person may start again as they believe that they can cope with neg effects of smoking and they can give up again

Question 4

Eval?

Answer 4

Too simplistic
Practical apps
Supporting research

Question 5

What supporting research?

Answer 5

Heishman- smoking helps indivs concentate better

Brandon and Baker- people may start smoking due to boredom and they believe smoking relieves mood

Question 6

What prac apps?

Answer 6

CBT