Everything Else Flashcards
What is addiction
Complex mental health disorder, pleasurable harmful consequence
What are Griffith’s 6 components of addiction
Salience (physical and psychological dependence)
tolerance
Withdrawal
Relapses
Conflict
Mood alteration
What is the self medication initiation in the cognitive approach for alcohol
Early trauma experience, specific effects (alcohol=anxiety)
One strength of the cognitive approach for alcohol
Strong link between trauma and stress
One weakness of the cognitive approach of alcohol
Role of specificity - many people use more than one drug
How does the learning approach link to addiction
Operant conditioning - positive reinforcement (dopamine from watching others)
Relapse because withdrawal symptoms are strong (negative reinforcement)
One strength of the learning approach with alcohol
Practical application, can’t relieve alcohol cues by drinking
One weakness of LA of alcohol
Mixed evidence for dopamine, humans drinking releases endorphins
What is the health belief model
Explains why people engage in healthy or unhealthy behaviours
What are the 4 features of the HBM
Perceived seriousness
Perceived susceptibility
Cost-benefit analysis
Modifying factors (demographics variables, self efficacy)
Strength of the HBM
Strong credibility, work irl
Weakness of HBM
Assumes we are rational
What are the 2 types of loc
Internal- events under own control take blame
External - outside control - blame others
What is the theory of planned behaviour
Explains how people control voluntary behaviour
What are the 3 features of TPB
- Personal attitude (favourable /not for own behaviour )
- Subjective norms (being approved / disapproved)
- PBC (how much we believe we can control it)
Strange on of TPB
Research, attitudes, norms and PBC influenced intentions l.e. Alcohol consumption
Weakness of TPB
Stvs Lt - can’t predict Lt so not applicable to real life
One study of TPB
Louis who used tat to explain health decision making
Aim of Louis study
Test TPB as an explanation of health decision making and relationship with stress
Findings of Louis study
Personal attitudes to healthy eating predicted intention to eat healthy food not subjective norms
Strength of Louis study
Show now intervention should be structured
Weakness of Louis study
Based on the questionnaire data
What is self-efficacy theory
Belief known ability to succeed
What is the Harland -Yale persuasion theory
Communicator (source) - more persuasive when credible
Communication (message) - needs emotional appeal
Recipients (audience) - higher intelligence is less persuaded
What are the processes of the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion
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)
What is illusion of control
When individuals overestimate their ability to control events
What is cognitive bias
An Irrational distorted thought process
