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Explain how addiction helps psychologists address this objective: Explain gambling addiction using learning theory, partial reinforcement, variable reinforcement, cognitive theory and cognitive bias..
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- A strong answer gives AO1 knowledge about addiction, applies it to the question context, and adds AO3 evaluation by explaining whether research evidence, validity, reliability or bias supports the claim.
- For research-method objectives, identify the method, variables, controls, conditions, validity, reliability or sampling issue before drawing the conclusion; sampling points should link the sample to population, bias, representativeness or generalisation.
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This question checks whether the learner can turn the approved Psychology objective into AO1 knowledge and AO3 evaluation rather than listing a topic label.
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