Dr. Gordon finds that heroin-addicted adults almost always smoked cigarettes and drank
alcohol when they were young adolescents. Knowing this strong association we can conclude that
A) there is an association among the variables, but no causal inferences should be drawn.
B) cigarette smoking causes drinking which causes heroin addiction.
C) heroin addiction is caused by the same factors that cause early smoking and drinking.
D) if cigarette smoking and drinking could be stopped in adolescence, heroin addiction would be
stopped too.
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Alicia suspects that her estranged husband is sexually abusing their daughter Kimberly during custodial visits. She tells her friend Heather that she became suspicious when she noticed Kimberly touching her sexual parts in bed on three separate occasions in the past week. Upon hearing this, Heather remarks, "Isn't it common for four-year-old girls to touch themselves in that way out of general
curiosity?" Heather's comment concerns which of the following? a. The base rate of the behavior b. The iatrogenic effect of the behavior c. The incidence of the behavior d. The penetrance of the behavior
The biopsychosocial model acknowledges that __________ may influence illness and health
a. cognitions b. genetic predispositions c. life events d. all of the above
Which of the following is true of mental images?
A. They refer to visual representations of brain activity. B. They refer to a step-by-step process of memory storage. C. They have only a few of the properties of the actual stimuli they represent. D. They are representations in the mind of an object or event.