What are the distinctions between "drug abuse" and "drug dependence"?
What will be an ideal response?
Drug abuse is evidenced when there is recurrent drug use by the individual that is often accompanied by adverse consequences, e.g., social, economic, health, for the individual or society. Drug dependence includes this feature; in addition, in the absence of the drug, the drug dependent person experiences unpleasant and uncontrollable mood states that is accompanied with the compulsive use of drugs. Typically tolerance is evidenced and physiological withdrawal may be evidenced if the drug is not taken.
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A. empathy B. resistance C. congruence D. unconditional positive regard
Continuum theories of health behavior do NOT include ______.
A. the transtheoretical model B. theories of reasoned action and planned behavior C. social cognitive theory D. the health belief model
In the field of genetics, one's ____________________ refers to the actual genetic message contained in one's DNA
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The control group in an experiment is the group that:
a. is not exposed to the dependent variable in the study b. receives the lowest score on the dependent variable c. receives some special treatment in regard to the independent variable d. does not receive any special treatment in regard to the independent variable