What factor is the strongest predictor of teenage substance use?
A) whether or not your parents use substances
B) having friends who use substances
C) doing poorly in school
D) having a sensation-seeking personality
B) having friends who use substances Having friends who use alcohol and other drugs is consistently found to be one of the strongest predictors of teen substance use. Friends who use provide a model of substance use, opportunity to engage in substance use, access to the substances, and reinforcement for using.
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a. 2. b. 3 to 5. c. 10 to15. d. 20.
Chapter 11 discussed conversational patterns between physicians and patients. This discussion pointed out that
a. no inequities have been reported in this area. b. patients are encouraged to discuss their medical histories, so this is one setting in which women typically talk more than men. c. female patients are more likely than male patients to say that their physicians talk down to them. d. male physicians actually interrupt their male patients more than their female patients.
Piaget called a natural biological tendency to interact with and respond to the environment
a. adaptation. b. accommodation. c. assimilation. d. referencing.
The stimulant that is best known for the force and violence that users inflict on others is
a. cocaine. b. nicotine. c. caffeine. d. methamphetamine.