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1
Health-compromising behaviors are best predicted by
A)parents' attention to their children's early health.
B)adults' income status.
C)adolescents and their peer group's risk taking behaviors.
D)early adulthood self-control and modification from adolescent foolish behaviors.
2
Physical dependence is
A)the same as tolerance.
B)predicted by craving the substance.
C)rarely occurring in adolescents, but increases dramatically into early adulthood.
D)when the body adjusts to the substance and thinks it's normal to have the substance for body functioning.
3
All of the following are reasons that college-aged students may engage in problem drinking EXCEPT
A)many people drink to enhance positive emotions and reduce negative ones.
B)many people drink to buffer the impact of stress.
C)many people drink because it heightens concentration.
D)many people drink because of observational learning.
4
Treatment programs for substance abuse need to take into account which one of the following;
A)the individual's living environment.
B)the individual's will-power index rating.
C)the length of the treatment detoxification program.
D)whether the program is inpatient or outpatient.
5
Alcoholics Anonymous maintains that alcoholism is a
A)disease that can be cured.
B)disease that cannot be cured, but can be managed.
C)social problem, and society must accept it as a disease.
D)for hardened drinkers and leaves the binge drinkers to "mature out" later.
6
Placebo drinking involves which of the following?
A)consumption of non-alcoholic beverages or switching back and forward between alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at parties or gatherings
B)having someone else bring drinks for you so you do not know if you have the active (alcohol) ingredient or the placebo (non-alcoholic) drink
C)not drinking for a few weeks and then going to a party and seeing if you can not drink
D)none of the above
7
Drunk drivers are a real problem, but many college-aged students are making positive choices by
A)use of designated drivers or spending the money on a taxi rather than taking the chance of killing or injuring someone on the road or losing their driver's license.
B)limiting drinking to a prescribed number.
C)staying over night rather than driving while intoxicated.
D)all of the above
8
What is the single greatest cause of preventable death?
A)driving while intoxicated
B)smoking
C)yearly medical check-ups
D)regular exercise to reduce diseases from weight gain
9
An example of the synergistic effects of smoking is
A)that smoking helps reduce stress and helps the body maintain a lower body weight.
B)that smoking increases a person's likelihood to exercise because they know that smoking isn't healthy for them so they compensate by exercising.
C)that smoking is more detrimental that just adding the effects of smoking with another health risk such as high cholesterol production.
D)the relationship between morbidity and mortality.
10
After reading this chapter, the best thing to do if you are a smoker is
A)to immediately begin to reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke and try to stay away from second-hard smoke.
B)to keep smoking because it is just too difficult to stop.
C)to wait until there is a medicine that takes the edge off smoking urges.
D)stop going to parties where people smoke.





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