Which of the following individuals is most likely to be dependent on barbiturates?
A. A teenaged boy who is often impulsive and aggressive
B. An undereducated member of a minority group who has antisocial personality disorder
C. An anxious young adult who takes the drugs to feel more confident
D. Middle-aged and older persons who use them as sleeping pills
Answer: D
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a. "No, because there is no way to accurately determine the existence of multiple personalities." b. "Yes, you can give them personality tests, those can't be faked." c. "Yes, diagnosis is usually done after hypnosis, when people are most truthful." d. "Yes, differences in EEG tracing prove who is showing a different personality and who is not."
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a. Acute b. Cross c. Protracted d. Dispositional
If you try to deal with frustration by engaging in persistent but inflexible responding, these responses may become
a. stereotyped behaviors. b. imagined barriers. c. negative self-statements. d. sublimated and depersonalized.
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a. avoid b. be indifferent about c. seek occasional d. seek continual