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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Substance-Related Disorders Question Type: True False 1) Many celebrities who have died of drug overdoses recently seem to have consumed several substances. Answer: True Section Reference: Substance-Related...

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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Substance-Related Disorders

Question Type: True False


1) Many celebrities who have died of drug overdoses recently seem to have consumed several
substances.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge


2) In DSM-5, substance abuse and substance dependence are combined into substance-related
disorders.

Answer: True

Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge


3) Polysubstance abuse is used as the diagnosis if a person is using or abusing at least three
drugs.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge


4) Tolerance for alcohol is mostly determined by psychological factors.

,Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge


5) While more men drink than women, the rates for hazardous drinking are equal across
genders.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge


6) The moral model views alcoholism as a personal failing.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension


7) Thinking of alcoholism as a disease supports research for brain mechanisms implicated in
addiction.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension

,8) Because students are so technology driven, computer-delivered alcohol interventions are
most effective.

Answer: False

Section Reference: Student Perspectives 12.1
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension


9) Most alcoholics follow a similar course – they begin with social drinking and progress to
severe alcoholism.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension


10) There is little that can be done for a child once he or she has been exposed to alcohol in
utero and develops fetal alcohol syndrome.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension


11) Inhalant use is particularly prominent amongst Aboriginal youth.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence

, Bloom’s: Knowledge


12) Nicotine is addictive because it stimulates dopamine receptors in the brain.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Comprehension


13) Smoking is more common among people who live in poverty and have less education.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge


14) Second-hand smoke contains more nicotine and tar than the smoke inhaled by a smoker.

Answer: True

Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge


15) It is legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Canada.

Answer: False

Section Reference: 12.3 Marijuana
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.3 Describe the psychological, physical, and therapeutic effects of
marijuana and how there are complex considerations to take into account when it is decided to

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