When a person must continue to take a drug to satisfy intense cravings for the drug, he is demonstrating

a. psychological tolerance.
b. physical dependence.
c. psychological dependence.
d. physical tolerance.


C

Psychology

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What do the views of Alfred Adler and humanistic psychology have in common?

a. Emphasis on how people progress through stages of adjustment b. Search for a better than normal personality c. Effort to understand behavior in terms of unconscious influences d. Interest in tracing human behavior back to its animal roots

Psychology

"Wow, look at that guy," David remarks looking at a picture of a man standing over 8 feet tall. "This guy must have had a dysfunctional ____ that caused too much growth hormone to be secreted."

A. anterior pituitary B. posterior pituitary C. lateral pituitary D. thyroid

Psychology

Which of the following major theories of behavior change proposes six stages?

a. Health Belief Model c. Transtheoretical Model b. Theory of Planned Behavior d. Health Action Process Approach

Psychology

When an underlying theory explains the relation between a predictor and a criterion based on a psychological theory, there is

a. concurrent evidence of validity. b. predictive evidence of validity. c. evidence of construct validity. d. convergent evidence of validity.

Psychology