According to 2006 research, use of most drugs among both adolescents and adults has increased in the United States since 1976

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


False

Psychology

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Suppose that you hear a lecture about gender, and the speaker emphasizes how each culture creates its own set of ideas about gender. Thus, our current conceptions about gender are not inevitable. Based on this information, which of the following approaches is the speaker most likely to support?

a. Social constructionism b. The differences perspective c. Cultural feminism d. Essentialism

Psychology

17 year old Amberly is likely to place more emphasis on ___ in her self-self-description than 12 year old Corey

A) social virtues B) academic ability C) athletic ability D) physical attractiveness

Psychology

Molly hears that addiction may be due to changes in brain patterns and activity as a result of repeated drug use. When she asks her professor why this is so, he cites research by Brower (2006), which states that ____

a. what she has heard is only a myth, and has no basis in fact b. only individuals with familial alcoholism and drug addiction are likely to show these changes in brain patterns c. the chronic flooding of dopamine from drug use eventually results in compulsive drug-seeking behavior d. the research is merely correlational and no one is certain why this happens

Psychology

Suppose that Jane has been caught cheating on an exam, and has been expelled

from the university. She is angry, and says that there is nothing wrong with cheating. There are many possible explanations for her claim, including (a) a negative feedback loop (b) beliefs affect behavior (c) behavior affects beliefs (d) the insufficient justification effect (e) both B and C are possible explanations

Psychology