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Question 1

What is addiction

Answer 1

Complex mental health disorder, pleasurable harmful consequence

Question 2

What are Griffith’s 6 components of addiction

Answer 2

Salience (physical and psychological dependence)
tolerance
Withdrawal
Relapses
Conflict
Mood alteration

Question 3

What is the self medication initiation in the cognitive approach for alcohol

Answer 3

Early trauma experience, specific effects (alcohol=anxiety)

Question 4

One strength of the cognitive approach for alcohol

Answer 4

Strong link between trauma and stress

Question 5

One weakness of the cognitive approach of alcohol

Answer 5

Role of specificity - many people use more than one drug

Question 6

How does the learning approach link to addiction

Answer 6

Operant conditioning - positive reinforcement (dopamine from watching others)
Relapse because withdrawal symptoms are strong (negative reinforcement)

Question 7

One strength of the learning approach with alcohol

Answer 7

Practical application, can’t relieve alcohol cues by drinking

Question 8

One weakness of LA of alcohol

Answer 8

Mixed evidence for dopamine, humans drinking releases endorphins

Question 9

What is the health belief model

Answer 9

Explains why people engage in healthy or unhealthy behaviours

Question 10

What are the 4 features of the HBM

Answer 10

Perceived seriousness
Perceived susceptibility
Cost-benefit analysis
Modifying factors (demographics variables, self efficacy)

Question 11

Strength of the HBM

Answer 11

Strong credibility, work irl

Question 12

Weakness of HBM

Answer 12

Assumes we are rational

Question 13

What are the 2 types of loc

Answer 13

Internal- events under own control take blame
External - outside control - blame others

Question 14

What is the theory of planned behaviour

Answer 14

Explains how people control voluntary behaviour

Question 15

What are the 3 features of TPB

Answer 15

1. Personal attitude (favourable /not for own behaviour )
2. Subjective norms (being approved / disapproved)
3. PBC (how much we believe we can control it)

Question 16

Strange on of TPB

Answer 16

Research, attitudes, norms and PBC influenced intentions l.e. Alcohol consumption

Question 17

Weakness of TPB

Answer 17

Stvs Lt - can’t predict Lt so not applicable to real life

Question 18

One study of TPB

Answer 18

Louis who used tat to explain health decision making

Question 19

Aim of Louis study

Answer 19

Test TPB as an explanation of health decision making and relationship with stress

Question 20

Findings of Louis study

Answer 20

Personal attitudes to healthy eating predicted intention to eat healthy food not subjective norms

Question 21

Strength of Louis study

Answer 21

Show now intervention should be structured

Question 22

Weakness of Louis study

Answer 22

Based on the questionnaire data

Question 23

What is self-efficacy theory

Answer 23

Belief known ability to succeed

Question 24

What is the Harland -Yale persuasion theory

Answer 24

Communicator (source) - more persuasive when credible
Communication (message) - needs emotional appeal
Recipients (audience) - higher intelligence is less persuaded

Question 25

What are the processes of the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion

Answer 25

Process 1: central route-persuasive it reverent
Process 2: peripheral route-persuade by non content factors
Influencing factors - celebs associates message with glamour (peripheral ) or highlights content ( central)

Question 26

What is illusion of control

Answer 26

When individuals overestimate their ability to control events

Question 27

What is cognitive bias

Answer 27

An Irrational distorted thought process