Tolerance develops for the use of some drugs because
a. over time, the blood-brain barrier more effectively blocks the movement of the drug from the blood supply into the brain.
b. more of the drug is absorbed by the body's fat stores, leading to the need to use more to get the same effects.
c. the body's compensation for the drug cancels out its effects
d. the experienced user's expectations cancel out the drug's effects.
c
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All but which of the following are premises of Adler's individual psychology?
a. All children have feelings of inferiority. b. The creative self is a mostly unconscious part of the personality. c. Humans have a drive for superiority that can lead to positive or negative behaviors. d. There is a part of the personality that organizes goal-seeking behavior. e. Feelings of inferiority lead to a desire to compensate.
By far, the most psychologically and socially difficult of the life cycle changes is ____
a. adolescence c. early childhood b. middle childhood d. adulthood
This technique involves presenting the various conditions in a repeated measures design in different orders to different participants
a. confounding c. nullification b. counterbalancing d. contamination
The research hypothesis ______ between the independent variable and dependent variable.
A. explains a possible relationship B. discounts a causal relationship C. investigates an established relationship D. predicts a specific relationship