Foundations of Chemical Dependency Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the fundamental concepts underlying chemical dependency, including the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to substance use disorders. Students will examine the history and patterns of substance abuse, theories of addiction, the physiological and behavioral effects of various drugs, and the impact of chemical dependency on individuals, families, and communities. The course also covers screening, assessment, and intervention strategies, laying the groundwork for further studies in addiction counseling and related fields.
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Alcohol Other Drugs and Behavior Psychological Research Perspectives 2nd Edition by John
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Chapter 1: Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) For the purpose of this book, all chemical substances will be considered as 'drugs' if they are__________ ___________ for social and recreational purposes to __________ mood and conscious states, opposed to medicinal use such as treatment of physical and psychological disorders.
A)involuntarily consumed, alter
B)voluntarily consumed, maintain
C)voluntarily consumed, alter
D)involuntarily consumed, maintain
Answer: C
Q2) From early 1700's- mid 1800's alcohol generated _________ societal disruption as the nation changed from an ___________ ___________ to an __________ ___________ society.
A)greater, agrarian society, urban industrial
B)greater, urban society, urban industrial
C)fewer, urban culture, agrarian cultured
D)greater, urban industrial, agrarian society
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) ________ _________ theory focuses on individual differences as the cause of problem drug use.
A)anti-social behavior
B)personality/temperament
C)problem behavior
D)social personality
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is true about peer selection:
A)Adolescence who already use drugs seek out the company of those who are not involved in drugs
B)Adolescence who already use drugs seek out the company of those who are involved in drugs
C)Adolescence who disdain drug use seek out the company of those who also disdain drug use
D)b & c
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence
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Q1) A quantity frequency index of drinking:
A)ignores the level of heavy drinking
B)ignores how often a person drinks
C)ignores the maximum amount a person drinks
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Drug dependence is:
A)closely tied to how much drug is used
B)closely tied to frequency of drug use
C)similar to what is popularly called addiction
D)occurs after a period of drug abuse
Answer: C
Q3) Most epidemiological studies focus on the total ________ of drinking over a period of time:
A)frequency
B)volume
C)availability
D)occurrence
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Polydrug use can:
A)reduce the effects of another drug
B)increase the effects of another drug
C)lead to strong and sometimes lethal effects
D)all of the above
Q2) Which of the following statements is not true?
A)new cases define the incidence rate
B)existing cases define the prevalence rate
C)old and new cases represent the prevalence rate
D)lifetime use refers to any use for any length of time
Q3) In reference to abstainers, which of the following is not true:
A)women were twice as likely than men to be classified as lifetime abstainers
B)the middle age ranges were less likely to be abstainers compared to the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
C)ethnic minorities were more likely to abstain from drinking than whites
D)middle age ranges were more likely to be abstainers compared to the 18-24 and 65+ age groups
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Chapter 5: Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Depending on the drug, withdrawal symptoms generally start within:
A)4 to 6 hours
B)8 to 12 hours
C)12 to 24 hours
D)24 to 72 hours
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about drinking:
A)1 to 2 drinks a day has been associated with less risk for heart disease
B)1 to 2 drinks a day has been associated with more risk for heart disease
C)2 to 3 drinks a day has been associated with more risk for heart disease
D)2 to 3 drinks a day has been associated with less risk for heart disease
Q3) Smoking as a means of drug delivery is:
A)very fast and produces potent effects on the brain
B)damages the lungs because of the high temperature
C)are weaker as they bypass the acidity of the stomach
D)involves detoxification on its first pass through the body
Q4) Alcohol has all but which effect on neurotransmitters:
A)dopamine increases, but drops with continued drinking
B)norepinephrine is often higher with increasing arousal
C)inhibition of beta-endorphins
D)serotonin is reduced by heavy alcohol use
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Chapter 6: Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) In the liability model higher MZ than DZ concordance rates for alcohol dependency stems from:
A)an addictive genetic factor (A)
B)a common environment (C) and a specific environment (E) unique to each twin
C)the total influence from all genetic and environmental sources
D)whichever factor, genetic or environmental, is stronger
Q2) Phenotypes and genotypes are analogous to:
A)inner feelings and overt behavior
B)overt actions and underlying motives
C)alleles and endophenotypes
D)unexpressed and expressed genes
Q3) A well-controlled adoption studyof the genetic basis for alcoholism requires all but:
A)adoptees who have an alcoholic parent
B)control adoptees who have no alcoholic parent
C)adopters who are alcoholic
D)adopters who are nonalcoholic
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Chapter 7: Basic Psychology Processes
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Q1) Which of the following methodology examines correlations between drug use and correlational outcomes?
A)self selection
B)controlled observation
C)naturalistic observation
D)balanced placebo design
Q2) According to _____________________, the context of the physical environment during the time of information storage can aid memory recall.
A)context dependent learning
B)state dependent learning
C)social dependent learning
D)state related learning
Q3) Studies have shown which drug asides from alcohol, but is often paired with alcohol, contributes to impairment in driving ability?
A)cocaine
B)marijuana
C)cigarettes
D)tobacco
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Processes
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Q1) Third variables that may affect the relation between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior are:
A)personality
B)attitudes
C)beliefs
D)all of the above
Q2) A study of pharmacological effects on the alcohol-aggression relationship in which males administered shocks to an unseen "opponent " on a competitive task showed that: A)high alcohol led to higher aggression compared to the placebo condition, regardless of which beverage they expected to receive
B)pharmacological factors are needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression
C)pharmacological factors are not needed to explain the relationship of drinking and aggression
D)a and b
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Chapter 9: Family Processes
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Q1) A study by Van Hesselt et al. comparing couples that had wife-abusive, martially discordant but nonabusive, and happily married relationships found the level of:
A)drinking by wives was not a predictor of the spousal abuse received
B)the husbands' drinking was directly related to greater spouse abuse
C)drinking by wives was a predictor of the spousal abuse received
D)both a & b
Q2) Which of the following have been posed as critiques of COA studies?
A)lack of controlled research
B)definition of alcoholic parent is vague
C)few comparisons are made between alcoholic and nonalcoholic
D)all of the above
Q3) What factors in the family environment may affect the likelihood of COA's becoming alcoholics as adults?
A)mothers view/attitude toward alcoholic father
B)control of sons during adolescence
C)both a & b
D)b only
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Chapter 10: Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) What is a major problem posed by cross-sectional data?
A)age effect
B)cohort effect
C)both a & b
D)a only
Q2) What limitations were faced by past research regarding adolescent problem drinking?
A)items on questionnaires were designed for adults
B)context and meaning of drinking for adolescents are different from adults
C)adolescent drinking problems mostly pertained to occasions or episodes whereas problems for adult pertain to chronic consumption
D)all of the above
Q3) According to several large surveys of college students drinking conducted in the 1980's, which of the following findings were found?
A)10% of American college students were heavy drinkers
B)40% of American college students were heavy drinkers
C)males drank more often and in larger quantities than female students
D)b & c only
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Chapter 11: Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Which of the following factors lead to underestimates of the impact of alcohol in women than for men?
A)Proportion of body fat to water
B)Body Weight
C)Estrogen levels
D)a and b
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding drinking and marital status?
A)a woman's history of drinking may influence the relationship of martial status and drinking
B)divorce may lead to increased drinking
C)divorce may lead to decreased drinking
D)all of the above
Q3) All but which of the following were shown to have high co-morbidity with drug dependence?
A)alcohol
B)affective disorders
C)anxiety
D)depression
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Chapter 12: Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Which of the following is not true about Native American drinking style?
A)there is one formal drinking style for all Native Americans
B)there is not a single drinking style among Native Americans
C)there are recreational and anxiety drinkers
D)drinking styles vary by time and location
Q2) In Asian American communities, which of the following groups had the highest level of abstainers?
A)Korean males
B)Chinese males
C)Japanese males
D)Vietnamese males
Q3) Parental influence on children's drinking varies by ethnicity. Which of the following was found to be a protective factor against alcohol abuse for African Americans?
A)parental disapproval of drinking
B)parental influence on choice of friends
C)father's influence on drinking
D)both a & b
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Chapter 13: Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) Which of the following programs dealt with the underlying phenomenon in which the nonalcoholic unintentionally enables or contributes to the maintenance of the alcoholic's drinking before the term codependency was coined?
A)Rational Recovery
B)SMART
C)Al-Anon
D)AA
Q2) A study (Bischoff et al. 2000) of natural recovery from alcohol dependence found women
A)had less social pressure to reduce drinking
B)confided with fewer people about former drinking
C)reported higher impact of health problems on recovery
D)all of above
Q3) Which subtype of alcoholic is the most common and is characterized by psychological and physical dependence as well as loss of control?
A)Alpha
B)Beta
C)Delta
D)Gamma
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) What is the main difference in the primary goals of clinical practitioners who conduct psychotherapy with alcohol and other drug abusers and research oriented evaluators of treatment outcomes?
A)Therapists may be convinced that an effective program does not need scientific evaluation.
B)Researchers want objective evidence about treatment effectiveness.
C)Psychotherapists rely on clinical experience and expertise and attribute any improvement to be due to treatment.
D)All of the above
Q2) The Project MATCH research group used _________ as a key methodological procedure, which is a design feature that can be viewed as either a strength or a weakness of the study.
A)No treatment-control group
B)Matching
C)Random assignment
D)Treatment-control group
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Chapter 15: Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders
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Q1) Cognitive appraisal of the individual is a major factor of whether a slip or lapse inevitably leads to relapse. It has been found that relapse occurred more for:
A)Persons who attributed their lapses to external factors
B)Persons who attributed their lapses to internal factors
C)Persons who attributed their lapses to both external and internal factors
D)None of the above
Q2) The use of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in which clients use beepers and palm-top computers to record near real-time information about the settings, urges, mood, and coping during or shortly after a lapse offers what main advantage for researchers?
A)Being able to capture real time information in detail
B)Avoiding reliance on prospective memory
C)Avoiding reliance on retrospective memory
D)Avoiding reliance on self reports
Q3) Which form(s) of coping serves to be most effective in treating alcoholism?
A)Cognitive
B)Avoidance
C)Behavioral
D)both a & c
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Chapter 16: Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) Demand reduction can be improved best by:
A)Higher taxes
B)Higher pricing
C)Interdiction of drugs
D)Education about drugs
Q2) The public health model considers interactions of ________, __________, and ___________.
A)Agent, host, environment
B)Drug, agent, environment
C)Agent, host, social policy
D)Host, user, environment
Q3) In employee assistance programs (EAPs), work supervisors:
A)Use poor work as a sign of possible alcohol problems
B)Treat the alcohol problems
C)Face little resistance from employees
D)All of the above
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