Why do adolescents turn to substances to alter how they feel?
What will be an ideal response?
Smoking, drinking and drug use seems to be a way for adolescence to relieve unpleasant emotional states such as sadness, anxiety, stress, or loneliness.
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A group of experimental drugs focuses on blocking the construction of neurofibrillary tangles by keeping tau protein anchored to microtubules as a possible treatment for
a. Kraeplin's disease. b. Huntington's disease. c. Alzheimer's disease. d. All of the above are correct.
Intelligence that reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory is called __________.
A. crystallized intelligence B. verbal intelligence C. fluid intelligence D. perceptual intelligence
If you could shrink yourself and enter someone's liver, what would you see the liver do when it detects rising glucose levels?
A. produce norepinephrine B. stimulate the stomach to produce galanin C. signal fullness D. signal hunger
Police often push suspects to confess, believing they can spot a lie. What is one reason that this is a bad idea?
A. Many criminals are sociopaths and don't have common "tells" when lying. B. Coerced confessions are never allowed in court. C. People are more sensitive to positive than negative information. D. It is easy to confuse affect blends with lying.