Learning theory gambling

• Supporting 


  • One strength of learning theory is there's Evidence to support
  • One study by Horsley found that gamblers continued when they win sometimes despite lack of Futher reinforcement
  • Suggest that reinforcement Schedules have a role to play in maintaining addiction
  • Consequently learning theory can be seen as credible- empirically tested
• Opposing

  • One Limitation is that there's evidence against
  • One study found that regular gamblers made more 14% irrational utterances then occasional gamblers 2.5%
  • It found that 6x more irrational utterances where made suggesting a faulty perception of chance
  • Incomplete explanation doesn't acknowledge cognitive basis