Describe some of the factors that influence blood alcohol concentration when drinking alcoholic beverages
What will be an ideal response?
Rate of absorption slowed by food in the stomach, speeded by carbonated beverages; women metabolize less in the stomach so more is absorbed. Distribution influenced mainly by body weight, some by proportion of body fat. Metabolism is fairly constant at one-quarter ounce to one-third ounce per hour, and is not influenced much by body size, exercise, or alcohol concentration.
You might also like to view...
In one type of tolerance, cues that are regularly associated with the administration of a drug begin to function as conditioned stimuli and elicit a conditioned response that is opposite in direction to the natural effect of the drug in the process of _____________ conditioning.
a. tolerance b. drug c. metabolic d. behavioral
Your identity consists of
a. your characteristic adaptations and self-esteem, but not your self-concept. b. your self-concept and self-esteem, but not your characteristic adaptations. c. your characteristic adaptations and self-concept, but not your self-esteem. d. your characteristic adaptations, self-esteem, and self-concept.
Which of the following is true of cognitive-behavioral treatments?
a. They became a focus of attention in the 1970s. b. Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy is an example of this type of treatment. c. The primary goal is to help clients change maladaptive patterns of thinking. d. All of these are true of cognitive-behavioral treatments.
Which of the following does not explain why social loafing may occur?
a. The individual believes that even if the group succeeds, there will be very little reward in it for each individual group member. b. The individual believes that the group will fail no matter what his or her contribution is. c. The individual believes that he or she has little to contribute to a group. d. The other group members refuse to work with the individual.