Name and describe the two phenomena that are seen when a person has a physiological need for a psychoactive substance.
What will be an ideal response?
Tolerance: the need for increased amounts of the substance to gain the desired effect. Withdrawal: physical symptoms, such as sweating or tremors, that occur when a person abstains from the substance.
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Describe the findings of Adler, Horney, Allport, Cattell, and Erikson about the environmental factor that affects personality
What will be an ideal response?
John conducted an experiment to test the effectiveness of a smoking cessation program. The experiment took place over a 1-month time period. Participants in the control group and the experimental group (those who participated in the smoking cessation program) recorded the number of cigarettes that they smoked each day. John was unaware that "national stop-smoking week" also happened to take place
during the 1-month time period of his experiment. John's experiment is now confounded by a. maturation. b. history. c. regression to the mean. d. mortality.
Where does the developmental life stage of emerging adulthood usually appear?
a. In developed countries b. In traditional cultures c. In collectivistic cultures d. In developing countries
Piaget believed that the earliest schemes are limited to __________ that we have when we are born
a) inherited abilities b) senses c) neuron and synapse development d) reflexes