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(support) who did Griffiths compare?

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30 regular gamblers and 30 non regular gamblers

2
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(support) what did Griffiths compare?

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what the gamblers and non gamblers said when gambling (verbalisations)

3
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(support) what did Griffiths find?

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regular gamblers showed more irrational verbalisations with evidence of heuristic biases

4
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(support) Joukhador’s gambling questionnaire was designed to cover a range of what?

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cognitive biases

5
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(support) Joukhador et al compared answers of who?

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56 problem gamblers and 52 social gamblers

6
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(support) Joukhador found problem gamblers scored higher on what?

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almost all cognitive biases

7
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(against) one issue of cognitive biases is them just providing a description rather than what…

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an explanation

8
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(against) why could it be said cognitive biases don’t provide a explanation?

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explanations can predict what will happen, with cognitive biases it is impossible to predict when a gambler might use a particular bias

9
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(against) How did Griffiths illustrate that biases don’t allow for predictions, regarding the national lottery?

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broadcast in the media that 13 came up least
expect those with representativeness bias to pick it and those with availability wouldn’t
didn’t happen

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(against) cognitive bias research uses self report methods, what does this involve?

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gamblers reporting what they are thinking

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(against) What are some issues in using self report methods like Joukhador’s for studying cognitive biases?

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relies on gamblers being honest

social desirability & Hawthorne effect

12
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(against) what other issue arises in using self reports to study addiction in particular?

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denial

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(against) how is researcher bias an issue with cognitive bias research?

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researchers have to decide which bias is present

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(against) who are cognitive biases found among?

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gamblers and non gamblers

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what is one explanation of why some biases lead to addiction problems?

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problem gamblers have more of the biases

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