Psychology B3 - addiction

Question 1

addiction

Answer 1

-dependency on a substance or behaviour, i.e drugs or shopping
-‘a periodic or chronic intoxication produced by repeated consumption pf drugs, natural or synthetic’

Question 2

World Health Organisation

Answer 2

-explains addiction-as-disease (AAD)

Question 3

Dale Archer (2010)

Answer 3

-“ anything that you can become obsessed with and you do so much that you can’t do the things you need to do with people - that can be addiction”

Question 4

physical dependence

Answer 4

-physical –> habitual use leading to withdrawal syndrome when addictive substance is reduced or stopped

Question 5

psychological dependence

Answer 5

-psychological –> compulsion to continue, due to rewarding nature

Question 6

Griffith (2005)

Answer 6

-addiction isn’t confined to drugs
-six components (A1)

Question 7

gambling

Answer 7

-oxford online dictionary:
-taking risky action in the hope
of a desired result
-DSM-5:
-persistent and recurrent
problematic behaviour leading
to clinically significant
impairment or distress