Edexcel A-level Psychology 9PS0 · 8.1.2
Biological explanations of addiction
- Code
- 8.1.2
- In
- 8.1 Content
- Topic
- 8 Health psychology
- Course
- A-level Psychology 9PS0
- Board
- Edexcel
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Points in 8.1 Content
- 8.1.1 Issues around drug taking, including addiction, tolerance, physical and psychological dependency, withdrawal
- 8.1.2 Biological explanations of addiction
- 8.1.3 One learning explanation each for alcohol, heroin and nicotine addiction
- 8.1.4 Two treatments each for alcohol, heroin and nicotine addiction, including aversion therapy
- 8.1.5 One anti-drug campaign and the psychological strategies behind it
- 8.1.6 Individual differences
- 8.1.7 Developmental psychology