AQA Psychology - Addiction

Aversive drugs treat addiction by pairing the behaviour with an unpleasant response.

• True

• False

Agonists treat addictive behaviour by producing the opposite effect that the drug produces.

• True

• False

Vicarious reinforcement is....

• A stimulus that increases the probability that a behaviour will be repeated.

• The experience of seeing others being rewarded for their gambling.

• A consequence of behaviour that increases the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated.

• When a behaviour is rewarded only some of the time it occurs

Antagonists work by blocking receptors normally stimulated by the drug so when the person takes the drug they experience less pleasure.

• True

• False

A partial reinforcement schedule is...

• A stimulus that increases the probability that a behaviour will be repeated.

• The experience of seeing others being rewarded for their gambling.

• A consequence of behaviour that increases the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated.

• When a behaviour is rewarded only some of the time it occurs

Naltrexone cannot be used to treat both gambling and heroin addiction as they relate to different neuronal pathways in the brain.

• True

• False

Reinforcement is...

• A stimulus that decreases the probability that a behaviour will be repeated.

• The experience of seeing others being rewarded for their gambling.

• A consequence of behaviour that increases the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated.

• When a behaviour is rewarded only some of the time it occurs

Studies of drug therapy are reliable, as patients tend to complete the course of treatment.

• True

• False

Positive reinforcement is...

• A stimulus that increases the probability that a behaviour will be repeated.

• The experience of seeing others being rewarded for their gambling.

• A consequence of behaviour that increases the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated.

• When a behaviour is rewarded only some of the time it occurs

A variable reinforcement schedule is...

• A behaviour is rewarded after an unpredictable period of time or number of responses.

• This relates to cravings and arousal being triggered by certain stimuli associated with addictive behaviour..

• A consequence of behaviour that increases the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated because it leads to the escape from an unpleasant situation.

• When a behaviour is rewarded only some of the time it occurs