Personality and addiction evaluation Flashcards
1
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Gossop and Eyesenks research findings
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- Drug addicts had higher psychotic and neurotism scores
2
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Issues with Gossop and Eyesenks research
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- Used Eysenks personality questionnaire raising issues of researcher bias
- Self report method
- Addiction may cause that personality
3
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What did Dong et al do
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- got Chinese students to do EPQ when entering uni
- Assessed their internet addiction when they left
4
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What did Dong et al find
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higher P and N scores linked to internet addiction. Showing it is a cause and effect relationship
5
Q
How can rats be linked to this
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Low impulsivity rats have lower cocaine intake than high impulsivity rats
6
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Issues with research on rats
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- Not generalizable to human
