Peer influences addiction evaluation

Question 1

what did studies on rats and cocaine show?

Answer 1

rats more likely to self administer cocaine if they were with another rat with access to cocaine, than when with a rat without cocaine

Question 2

Strengths to the research on rats

Answer 2

• Unethical to study on humans

Question 3

Weakness to research on rats

Answer 3

Not generalizable to humans

Question 4

what did Neighbours et al find the best predictor of alcohol consumption

Answer 4

descriptive and injunctive norms

Question 5

Issues with neughbours research

Answer 5

• Done on students and only measured drinking

- doesn’t illustrate whether social influences are enough to result in an addiction

Question 6

Ethical issues with studying addiction on humans

Answer 6

• Cant give someone an addiction

- Can damage their health

Question 7

Generic issues with studying addiction

Answer 7

• you cant control a persons peers and the amount of influence they have upon the individual
• usually uses self reports
  correlational research
• Social desirability bias
• too simplistic