Characteristics

• What is Salience?

  How important behaviour becomes to indiv. Addictive behaviours become most important activity for a person, even when they’re not doing it they’re thinking abt it
• Give an example of salience

  If I wasn’t actually gambling, I was spending rest of my time working out clever schemes to obtain money to feed habit
• What is Mood Modification?

  Subjective experience people report when they carry out their addictive behaviour. People report a buzz/rush
• What is an example of Mood Modification?

  Nicotine addict using cigs first thing in morning to get arousing nic rush by end of day as nic reduces stress
• What is Tolerance?

  As time progresses indiv need more of behaviour/substance to achieve same effect they’ve built resistance to
• What is an example of tolerance?

  A gambler increases the size of the bet to get same effect they initially obtained
• What is Withdrawal Symptoms?

  Unpleasant feelings/symptoms that occur when addictive behaviour suddenly discontinued/reduced
• What is an example of Withdrawal Symptoms?

  Physical - insomnia, nausea, sweats, headaches

  Psychological - irritability, moodiness
• What is Conflict?

  Development of themselves & the people around them may compromise personal aspects such as Work 
• What is an example of conflict?

  Interpersonal/intrapsychic - pushed people away and risked job, deep down knew it was hurting me but in moment felt only way to cope
• What is Relapse? 

  Addicts have strong tendency to return to behaviour after years of not engaging 
• What is an example of relapse?

  Indiv may give up smoking for long period of time yet a couple of cigs make them turn back to full time smoking 
• What are Walter’s (1999) four P’s?

  Progression

  Preoccupation

  Perceived

  Persistance