A psychologist is interested in finding the lifetime prevalence rate for substance abuse in the U.S. His main interest is in learning
A) the number of people who currently report substance abuse problems.
B) the number of people who report substance abuse problems at any point in their lives.
C) whether the number of people who report developing substance abuse problems has increased within the last year.
D) if the rate of substance abuse is higher in adolescence than adulthood.
B
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The subjective and unpleasant feeling that there are too many people in one area is called ____
a. density b. crowding c. bullying d. deindividuation
Which of the following appear(s) to be the most easily and widely sublimated?
a. greed b. sexual motives c. anger d. avoidance of pain
How is the cognitive functioning of Rachel, an 8-year-old, likely to compare with Bethany, a 16-year-old?
a. Rachel will use less efficient strategies. b. Rachel and Bethany will have the same amount of working memory. c. Rachel will use more automatic processes. d. Bethany will process information more slowly.
Isabella is putting mustard on her hot dog. She realizes she has put too much and sucks up some of it back into the squeeze bottle. This process is similar to:
a) the action potential. b) receptor site bindings. c) binding specificity. d) reuptake.