Joe had a serious drinking problem and visited a psychologist for several months. The psychologist discovered that Joe had an unfilled need for dependency that alcohol helped to cover. From a psychological perspective, Joe
a) does not have a support group to help him with drinking problems.
b) suffers from alcoholic depression.
c) belongs to an ethnic group that encourages drinking to solve problems.
d) has an "alcoholic personality."
d) has an "alcoholic personality."
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a) light use of marijuana. b) being labeled as a marijuana user. c) heavy use of marijuana. d) involvement with friends who use heroin or cocaine.
Research on communication patterns in stepfamilies reveals several different communication patterns. In which pattern is the child's interaction with the stepparent accomplished through the child's biological or adoptive parent?
a. outsider triad b. linked triad c. adult-coalition triad d. complete triad
Georg Simmel found that the mere difference between two and three people spawned entirely different dynamics, an observation known as the
A. numeric modifier. B. triadic transformation. C. groupthink effect. D. group size effect.
When police focus heavily on small, specific areas of the city that have high crime rates, it is known as what kind of policing?
a. broken windows policing b. militarized policing c. hot-spot policing d. CompStat policing