Lesson 4.3.10.3

4.3.10.3 Explanations for gambling addiction Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 3

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Lesson 4.3.10.3, Explanations for gambling addiction: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Psychology (7182), Unit 3: Issues and options in Psychology, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which reinforcement schedule delivers rewards after an unpredictable number of responses?

    • Fixed interval
    • Variable interval
    • Fixed ratio
    • Variable ratio

  2. What term describes a reinforcement schedule where only some responses are rewarded?

    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Negative reinforcement
    • Continuous reinforcement
    • Partial reinforcement

  3. Why does a variable ratio reinforcement schedule make gambling behaviour so difficult to stop?

    • Negative punishment
    • Spontaneous recovery
    • Resistance to extinction
    • Rapid habituation

  4. What term refers to a systematic error in thinking that distorts a gambler's decision-making?

    • Classical conditioning
    • Cue reactivity
    • Cognitive bias
    • Withdrawal syndrome

  5. What cognitive bias occurs when a gambler falsely believes skill can influence random outcomes?

    • Illusion of control
    • Gambler's fallacy
    • Confirmation bias
    • Recall bias

  6. What is the belief that past random events influence future independent outcomes?

    • Illusion of control
    • Gambler's fallacy
    • Availability heuristic
    • Confirmation bias

  7. Believing a win is due after losing five times in a row demonstrates which cognitive bias?

    • Illusion of control
    • Selective recall
    • Confirmation bias
    • Gambler's fallacy

  8. Which schedule of reinforcement maintains gambling behaviour by providing unpredictable rewards?

    • Continuous reinforcement
    • Fixed interval
    • Fixed ratio
    • Variable ratio

  9. What limitation applies to learning explanations of gambling addiction?

    • Ignoring cognitive biases
    • Ignoring reinforcement
    • Ignoring biological factors
    • Ignoring social norms

  10. An issue with cognitive explanations of gambling is determining if biases are a cause or what?

    • Treatment
    • Reinforcer
    • Conditioned stimulus
    • Consequence

  11. A slot machine pays out on average every twenty plays, but at unpredictable times. Which schedule of reinforcement does this describe?

    • A variable ratio schedule
    • A fixed ratio schedule
    • A fixed interval schedule
    • A continuous schedule

  12. How do gamblers often interpret near misses, encouraging them to continue playing?

    • As total losses
    • As random outcomes
    • As machine errors
    • As near wins

  13. Believing one can manipulate or influence the outcome of a chance event is called what?

    • Illusion of control
    • Hindsight bias
    • Selective recall
    • Gambler's fallacy

  14. Why is a variable ratio schedule highly resistant to extinction in gambling?

    • Continuous reward delivery
    • Unpredictable reward timing
    • Guaranteed payout amounts
    • Fixed response counts

  15. Cognitive explanations of gambling addiction focus primarily on which factor?

    • Cue reactivity
    • Social learning
    • Irrational thinking errors
    • Neurochemical imbalances

  16. Expecting a change in personal luck after observing others win reflects which bias?

    • Confirmation bias
    • Gambler's fallacy
    • Availability bias
    • Illusion of control

  17. While learning theory emphasises reinforcement, cognitive theory emphasises which aspect of gambling?

    • Dopamine release
    • Withdrawal symptoms
    • Distorted beliefs
    • Genetic vulnerability

  18. Chasing losses due to believing a future bet will recover money shows which cognitive bias?

    • Illusion of control
    • Cue reactivity
    • Classical conditioning
    • Social learning

  19. Learning explanations of gambling rely on operant conditioning and which other process?

    • Classical conditioning
    • Neurochemistry
    • Social identity theory
    • Cognitive restructuring

  20. Machine lights and sounds that trigger cravings act as what in learning theory?

    • Cognitive biases
    • Conditioned stimuli
    • Negative reinforcers
    • Unconditioned responses

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