Griffiths' Study of Gambling Could Be Said to Include Aspects

question 9

Multiple Choice

Griffiths' study of gambling could be said to include aspects of cognitive psychology because:

• A)The researcher investigated how gamblers learned their behaviours
• B)It is ethically sound
• C)The participants were already gamblers or non-gamblers
• D)It generated quantitative data
• E)It looks at gamblers' thought processes

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An instruction strategy by which the intensity of an action is adjusted via positive reinforcement or disciplinary measures.

Classical Conditioning

A cognitive learning strategy where the repeated combination of two stimuli results in a response that, at the beginning elicited by the second stimulus, is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Observational Learning

A learning process in which individuals learn by watching the behaviors of others and the consequences of those behaviors.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.