explanation for gamily addiction - learning theory

Question 1

what is The first component of the learning theory

Answer 1

reinforcement - vicarious reinforcement

Question 2

what is vicarious reinforcement

Answer 2

seeing others being rewarded for gambling.
learning through association
also through media coverage of big wins.

Question 3

what happens after a person starts to gamble

Answer 3

direct reinforcement

Positive reinforcement - comes from direct gain (Winning money)

negative reinforcement - gambling can offer a distraction from anxiety of every day life.

Question 4

what did skinner’s research find about a continuous reinforcement schedule.

Answer 4

do not lead to persistent behaviour change.

rewards stops behaviour stops

Question 5

define a partial reinforcement schedule

Answer 5

A behaviour is reinforced only some of the time it occurs (e.g. every tenth time or at variable intervals).

Question 6

what did skinners research find about a partial reinfrocment schedual

Answer 6

leads to a more persistent behaviour change.

unpredictability about which gambles will pay off, which is enough to maintain the gambling,

Question 7

define variable reinforcment

Answer 7

type of partial reinforcement
behaviour is reinforced after an unpredictable period of time or number of responses.

longer for learning to be established once established it is more resistible to extinction

Question 8

what dose the gamer learn through variable reinforcment

Answer 8

they will not win with every gamble, but they will eventually win if they persist

Question 9

how dose cue reactivity explain how gambling is maintained or resistant after relapse

Answer 9

gamblers encounter many secondary reinforcers

these then cue the arousal that gamblers crave

these cause reinstatement after a period of abstinence.