Ivana is a college student who has developed a tolerance to heroin and experiences withdrawal symptoms whenever she doesn't have a "fix" at least every eight hours. She feels that she has lost control and has to organize her life around her habit. She would be classified as having
a. substance abuse.
b. substance dependence.
c. substance use.
d. no diagnosable problem, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
B
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a) Depression is a rare disorder that affects a miniscule percentage of the worldwide population. b) Unlike schizophrenia, rates of depression remains constant from culture to culture. c) The incidence of depression decreases dramatically around the time of puberty. d) Women are more likely to experience depression than men.
Vido has a master's degree and is interested
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements best describes the forgetting function that Ebbinghaus discovered?
A. Material is forgotten at a relatively slow rate at first, then the rate of forgetting speeds up. B. Nothing is ever really forgotten. C. Material is forgotten relatively rapidly at first, and then the rate of forgetting slows down. D. Material is forgotten at a relatively constant rate once it has been learned.