Discuss two significant developments that have changed the way society views drugs
What will be an ideal response?
One change has been the development of legal pharmaceuticals, which have laid the foundation for acceptance of medicines for diseases (for example, vaccines), and for reasons other than illness (for example, birth control). A second development has been the "war on drugs", which shifted societal focus to tight legal regulations and restrictions of drugs deemed to be relatively dangerous.
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a. E-cigarettes b. EMDRs. c. Lucid smokers d. Micro-smokers
Which two of the following theories assert that behavior is determined?
a. psychoanalytic and humanistic b. behaviorist and humanistic c. behaviorist and psychoanalytic d. evolutionary and humanistic
Libby's physician refers her to a medical center in order to have the biochemical activity in her brain analyzed. She is given an injection of a glucose-like substance containing a radioactive element and her brain is then scanned. The technique being used is called:
a. positron-emission tomography. b. functional magnetic resonance imaging. c. the lesion method. d. electroencephalography.
What should the test developer do when the data from a pilot test suggest that the assessment instrument is not reliable or valid?
a. Conduct another pilot study with different participants in a different setting b. Interview the respondents to find out why the test did not work c. Make changes to improve reliability and validity before allowing the test user to administer it d. Make the necessary changes and afterward conduct another pilot test with different participants