| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
What can gambling tell us about addiction? / Charles A. Lyons -- Theories of pathological gambling / James C.K. Porter, Patrick M. Ghezzi -- An applied theoretical cultural analysis of legalized gambling in the United States / V. Thomas Mahwinney -- Methodological considerations in the experimental analysis of gambling / Charles A. Lyons -- The pitfalls of studying gambling behavior in a laboratory situation / Jeffrey N. Weatherly, Brady J. Phelps -- Writing a simple slot machine simulation program / Otto H. MacLin [and others] -- The near-miss effect in simulated slot machine play / Patrick M. Ghezzi, Ginger Wilson, James C.K. Porter -- The impact of verbal behavior on gambling behavior / Mark R. Dixon, Jennifer Delaney -- Rules gamblers play by--and shouldn't / W. Scott Wood, Maria M. Clapham -- Pathways to gambling : childhood, adolescent, and underage gambling / Terry J. Knapp, Edward W. Crossman -- Native American gambling : the quest for the new white buffalo / Mark R. Dixon, Kim Moore -- Cognitive-behavioral treatments for pathological gambling / Nancy M. Petry, John M. Roll. |
| Summary |
Nineteen behavioral scientists present their findings on a range of topics relating to the study of gambling from a behavioral perspective. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Gambling -- Psychological aspects.
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Compulsive gambling.
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SELF-HELP -- Depression.
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Compulsive gambling. (OCoLC)fst00871971
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Gambling -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00937411
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| Added Author |
Ghezzi, Patrick M., 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dixon, Mark. Gambling : Behavior Theory, Research, and Application. Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, ©2006 9781878978578 |
| ISBN |
9781608827787 (electronic bk.) |
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160882778X (electronic bk.) |
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