Psychological models of addiction

Question 1

core features of addictive behaviour

Answer 1

salience
mood modification 
tolerance 
withdrawal conflict 
relapse

Question 2

what is the behavioural model

Answer 2

learning through interactions and associations ie reinforcement

Question 3

what is associated/Pavlovian learning/classical conditioning

Answer 3

same cue illicits same response

Question 4

what is instrumental/Skinnerian learning/operant conditioning

Answer 4

learning by connecting the consequences of actions with preceding behaviour

Question 5

reinforcement increases/decreases frequency of behaviour

Answer 5

increases

Question 6

punishment increases/decreases frequency of behaviour

Answer 6

decreases

Question 7

example of positive reinforcement

Answer 7

feeling more relaxed after using

Question 8

example of negative reinforcement

Answer 8

using to get rid of withdrawal symptoms

Question 9

example of positive punishment

Answer 9

being told off by loved one for using

Question 10

example of negative punishment

Answer 10

losing everything due to using

Question 11

describe controlled/explicit cognitive processing

Answer 11

slow
deliberate
effortful
conscious

Question 12

describe automatic/implicit cognitive processing

Answer 12

fast
unintentional
no effort
out of awareness