Abnormal Psychology: Chapter 10- Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
The segment of the U.S population with the lowest prevalence of alcoholism is:
Asian males and females
Which theory explains drug-seeking behavior as led by a rewarding effect that makes using substance again more likely?
operant conditioning
A person becomes intoxicated when their alcohol blood concentration reaches what percent?
0.09
Which is the most accurate statement about the effects of marijuana in males who use is chronically?
It causes lower sperm count in some men
A classmate is arrested on your college campus. How likely is is that the person had been drinking alcohol?
Very likely; more than 80% of all campus arrests are associated with drinking.
Quinten has been taking two different mediations. Both meds have similar actions in the body. What could this cause?
a synergistic effect
What disorder has aversion therapy primarily been used to treat?
alcohol
Statistically speaking, which person is most likely to regularly smoke cigarettes?
an unemployed young adult non-Hispanic white male
A clinician is caring for a patient going through detoxification in a hospital. What can the clinician administer to help reduce severe alcohol withdrawal reactions, such as delirium tremens and seizures?
antianxiety drugs
Which drug treatment approach makes incentives (such as privileges) dependent on the submission of drug-free urine specimens?
contingency management
Binge drinking has been linked with all of the following except:
homicide
Isabella moves into a facility where she will undergo individual and group therapy while living, working, and socializing in a drug-free environment. This is an example of what kind of therapy?
sociocultural
Which term is applied to an individual who demonstrates a pattern of maladaptive behaviors and reactions brought about by repeated use of a substance?
substance use disorder
So many soldiers received morphine injections during the Cold War that addiction to morphine was known as
the "soldier's disease"
