Summarize the "stepping-stone" or "gateway" theory of drug use, especially the role marijuana plays in it, and summarize the three principal models or schools of thought that attempt to explain this drug progression. Which seems to you to be most empirically adequate?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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Discuss Litwak's and Longino's three stage model of migration

What will be an ideal response?

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When an antecedent gains stimulus control over the response, there is a high probability that the response will be _______________ in the presence of these particular antecedent events

a. emitted b. extinguished c. eroded d. eliminated

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In families labeled as pathogenic, demands by an adolescent for a rule change would likely be met with:

a. encouragement since it showed independence b. increased rigidity regarding the retention of rules c. increased flexibility because all members sought changes d. a reexamination of all family rules

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Disengagement theory has been supported by recent empirical research

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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