Discuss the various aspects behind the increased risk of substance use and abuse in early adulthood.

What will be an ideal response?


Young adults are usually living away from their parents for the first time in their lives. While they may experience a drive to explore the world, at the same time they can feel pressure to complete their education, establish a career, and find a mate. These circumstances, coupled with easy access to drugs and alcohol, increase the risk of using and abusing marijuana, alcohol, and other drugs in early adulthood.

Psychology

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When describing his problem, John says, "I know that my fear of spiders is not that unusual and that I still have my job as an exterminator, but this fear is mentally killing me!" John's comments illustrate the criteria of _____ in defining abnormal behavior

a. maladaptiveness b. personal distress c. statistical deviance d. joint attention

Psychology

Regular pap smears are important primarily because ____

a. they can detect 80-90% of HPV b. they monitor precancerous changes in cervical cells c. they can detect problems with ovulation d. they monitor vaginal health

Psychology

There are five basic channels of nonverbal communications. These are ________

A) facial expressions, eye contact, body movements, posture, and touching B) touching, eye contact, body movements, vocal tone, and facial expressions C) body movements, facial expressions, posture, attributions, and vocal tone D) body movements, posture, facial expressions, eye contact, and attributions E) posture, facial expressions, eye saccades, body stillness, and touching

Psychology

Research suggests that older children perform better on memory-span tasks than younger children. Which of the following BEST explains this finding?

A. Older children are more susceptible to suggestion than younger children. B. Older children rehearse the information more than younger children. C. Older children can retrieve information from long-term memory faster than younger children. D. Older children have more accurate implicit memory than younger children.

Psychology