Addiction notes
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This Addiction notes page on GoConqr gathers user-made Psychology notes on smoking, gambling, risk factors and interventions. The more than 10 notes offer school students, university students, professional candidates and teachers material for studying explanations and approaches to addiction. Browse the notes and choose a topic to start with.
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- Dependence, Tolerance and Characteristics of Addiction10
- Behavioural Addictions16
- Gambling Addiction16
- Substance Addiction11
- Risk Factors for Addiction36
- Media Influences on Addiction8
- Biological Explanations of Addiction42
- Cognitive Explanations of Addiction32
- Learning Explanations of Addiction8
- Theory of Planned Behaviour8
- Biological Treatments for Addiction10
- Addiction Treatment and Interventions9
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Psychology | Unit 4 | Addiction - Explanations Biological ExplanationInitiationThe role of genetics - family and twin studies estimate the heritability of tobacco smoking to be between 39% and 80%. Vink et al. (2005) studied 1,572 Dutch twin pairs. They found that...
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Psychology | Unit 4 | Addiction - Explanations_1 Biological ExplanationInitiationThe role of genetics - family and twin studies estimate the heritability of tobacco smoking to be between 39% and 80%. Vink et al. (2005) studied 1,572 Dutch twin pairs. They found that...
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Interventions - created from Mind Map BIOLOGICAL drug maintenance therapy. methadone mimics effects of heroin but is less addictive. Prescribed increasing doses to increase tolerance then doses are decreased until addict no longer needs it. can become jus...
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Biological Approach Smoking - created from Mind Map INITIATION family & twin studies show heritability between 39%-80% Vink: individual differences in initiation explained by genetic (44%) and environmental (56%) influences. children of women who smoked 20 a day during...
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(Y2) Activities Nature V Nurture - 12/09/2021 Read and make notes from chapter 50 of Gross, R. (2020) Psychology: Science of Mind and Behaviour (8th Edition). Gross, R. D. (2020). Psychology : The Science of ...
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Substance Abuse General Terms Substance Use - Use of a substance that causes no immediate harm Substance Misuse - Use of a substance resulting in the person experiencing social, physical, legal or psychological problems Substance Abuse - Use...
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Risk Factors - created from Mind Map STRESS engage in addictive behaviours as means of coping with everyday stress. contribute to initiation, maintenance as well as relapse as stress due to abstinence & withdrawal may lead them to start again some may no...
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Media Influence - created from Mind Map communicates information about dependency through public formats which affect people's perceptions & behaviour. addictive behaviours also portrayed through exposure to role models who promote dependency through film &...
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Cognitive Approach Gambling - created from Mind Map INITIATION use it as treatment for psychological symptoms from which they suffer, gambling associated with depression due to poverty. may not make things better but if gambler believes it does, it can easily become ad...
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Cognitive Approach Smoking - created from Mind Map INITIATION behaviour escalates to addiction due to expectations of costs & benefits of the activity adolescents report smoking in negative moods & expect it to make them feel better expectancy for relaxation & increas...
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Psychology A-level: Addiction - created from Mind Map Biological Approach Gambling Smoking Initiation: role of genetics- pathological gambling runs in families Maintenance: gambling associated with under active pituitary adrenal response. Relapse: poor tolerance to bored...
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Relapse of Gambling - Cognitive Model COGNITIVE MODEL: COGNITIVE PROCESSING MODEL (CPM)/ LACK OF WITHDRAWAL/ MOODAO1 People who engage in potentially destructive activities eg. gambling have impaired control over their actions and often cant stop even if ...
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Relapse of Gambling - Biological Model
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Relapse of Gambling - Learning Theory RELAPSE; CUE REACTIVITY THEORYAO1 Addicts learn to associate stimuli with gambling eg. a newsagent selling scratch cards, and these cues become a conditioned stimulus. Learning theory suggests if a former addict comes...
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Gambling - created from Mind Map BIOLOGICAL LEARNING COGNITIVE
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Untitled How Is Shopping Addiction Like Other Addictions? There are several charecteristics that shopping addiction shares with other addictions. As with other addictions, shopping addicts become peoccupied with spending devot...
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