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Psychologist Post-Test

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Questions:

1. What is a commonly held belief among compulsive gamblers?
2. What are the categories of enabling?
3. What are the methods for ‘raising bottom?’
4. How effective are interventions?
5. What is one complication unique to teens regarding gambling?
6. What are the stages of quitting?
7. What are the simple guidelines to avoiding relapse and staying stopped?

Answers:

A.  are generally between thirty and fifty percent effective.
B.  no more bailouts, continued emotional support, deciding when to bail out, and knowing what to expect. 
C.  pre contemplation, contemplation, commitment and action, maintenance and relapse. 
D.  covering up and covering for the gambler, attempting to control the gambler’s behavior, bailing him out, and cooperating with him.
E.  using support systems, watching company, and watching where they go
F.  that money is both the solution to and the cause of all of the problems in their lives.
G.  lack of responsibility.


Questions

8. What are the types of disorders that are commonly comorbid with pathological gambling disorder?
9. According to Klein, what percentage of teens have a gambling problem?
10. According to Orford, what is the biggest challenge to the development of a comprehensive understanding of addiction?
11. What may be more important than financial gain in the positive incentive learning component of gambling addiction?
12. What are the secondary amplifying processes related to gambling addiction?
13. What is meant by the circularity between the variables of involvement and choice/control?
14. According to Dickerson’s research, what is the relationship between alcohol and self-control in pathological gambling?
15. What did Schellink’s study reveal about rates of player persistence in problem gamblers?
16. According to Orford, what proportion of pathological gamblers and other addicts are able to make medium term changes regardless of treatment options chosen?
17. How is pathologically gambling a "pure" and a "hidden" addiction?

Answers

A.  Gamblers often put emphasis upon the excitement associated with gambling, and it has been suggested that emotional regulation may be more important than financial gain for understanding excessive gambling.
B. 4 to 6 percent
C.  A relatively small consumption of alcohol (2-3standard drinks) may have a very significant effect on the gambling per se and on the associated cognitive and personality processes as they relate to self-control.
D.  it showed average duration of play at any one location of problem players was 189 minutes compared to 85 minutes for regular players despite each group having a similar frequency of sessions per week.
E.  because it does not change the brain chemistry by introducing other substances like drugs or alcohol do. It is "hidden" because unlike injecting heroin, gambling is generally a socially acceptable behavior.
F.  20-30%
G.  from those forms which are not drugs and which have therefore been marginalized in the past,  such as gambling, eating, and sex.
H.  The more a person gambles the greater the opportunity to lose control and the more a person experiences impaired control the more they gamble.
I.  acquired emotional regulation cycles and the consequences of conflict.
J.   substance abuse, mood, and anxiety disorders.

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