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SOCI 2200 Exam 2 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
_________ college students aged 18-24 are killed each year as a result of
drinking
Ans: 1400
College students nationally spend __________ on alcohol each year
Ans: 5.5 billion
Do college students spend more on alcohol than they do on soft drinks, tea, milk,
juice, coffee, and schoolbooks combined?
Ans: yes
______ in ________ college students are binge drinkers
Ans: 2 in 5
how are women and men determined as binge drinkers?
Ans: males: consuming 5 or more drinks in a row females: consuming 4 or more
drinks
high risk rituals
Ans: involves heavily drinking; used to bond students to one another and to the
school, participation in rituals can later lead to alumni donations and physical and
emotional injury or even death
drinking games are associated with
Ans: socializing; majority of bingers participate and frequent bingers even more
more than 1/2 of freshmen find their first bingeing opportunity within...
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Ans: the first week of college
why does alcohol overtake many freshmen
Ans: they enter this culture at a major point of transition, they are eager to test
their limits, prove they can handle themselves in adult situations
what are the 9 alcohol culture myths
Ans: 1. work hard play hard
2. I am in control, I can handle my liquor
3. everybody does it
4. smart people don't binge drink
5. alcohol is not that harmful
6. my drinking is my own business, doesn't harm anyone
7. alcohol increases sex drive
8. most students are against any college efforts to restrict
9. drinking is a rite of passage
work hard play hard alcohol culture myth
Ans: those who play hard are less likely to work hard, binge drinkers are more
likely to miss class, fall behind in school work, and have failing grades
I am in control, I can handle my liquor alcohol culture myth
Ans: the more you drink, the less in control you are, alcohol is an addictive drug
everybody does it alcohol culture myth
Ans: 56% don't binge drink and 20% abstain altogether
t/f minorities are less likely to drink
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Ans: true; drinking has never been a strong tradition
smart people don't binge drink, academically demanding school are safe from
binge drinking alcohol culture myth
Ans: SAT or IQ scores do not protect one from binge drinking, ivy league schools
included, academic stress could be a reason for drinking
alcohol is not that harmful, after all it's only beer alcohol culture myth
Ans: beer accounts for 80% of dangerous drinking, unsafe to drive after drinking
any amount of alcohol
T/F: beer is not associated with DUI's
Ans: false, more likely associated with beer
my drinking is my own business; it doesn't hurt anyone else alcohol culture myth
Ans: 3/4 (75%) of all students report having had bad experiences due to
someone else's drinking, second hand effects range from being assaulted or having
your sleep or study time interrupted, more than 600,000 are hit or assaulted by
another student who has been drinking, problems can affect your family, your
parents, your brother or sister, alcohol problems are family problems, there are
costs to society
alcohol increases your sex drive-and sex appeal alcohol culture myth
Ans: provokes the desire, but takes away from the performance, interrupts the
conduction of nerve impulses necessary for erection, forced and nonconsensual sex
increases with heavy drinking, compromises women's ability to reach an orgasm
most students are dead set against any college efforts to restrict alcohol on campus
alcohol culture myth
SOCI 2200 Exam 2 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
_________ college students aged 18-24 are killed each year as a result of
drinking
Ans: 1400
College students nationally spend __________ on alcohol each year
Ans: 5.5 billion
Do college students spend more on alcohol than they do on soft drinks, tea, milk,
juice, coffee, and schoolbooks combined?
Ans: yes
______ in ________ college students are binge drinkers
Ans: 2 in 5
how are women and men determined as binge drinkers?
Ans: males: consuming 5 or more drinks in a row females: consuming 4 or more
drinks
high risk rituals
Ans: involves heavily drinking; used to bond students to one another and to the
school, participation in rituals can later lead to alumni donations and physical and
emotional injury or even death
drinking games are associated with
Ans: socializing; majority of bingers participate and frequent bingers even more
more than 1/2 of freshmen find their first bingeing opportunity within...
, 2 | Page
Ans: the first week of college
why does alcohol overtake many freshmen
Ans: they enter this culture at a major point of transition, they are eager to test
their limits, prove they can handle themselves in adult situations
what are the 9 alcohol culture myths
Ans: 1. work hard play hard
2. I am in control, I can handle my liquor
3. everybody does it
4. smart people don't binge drink
5. alcohol is not that harmful
6. my drinking is my own business, doesn't harm anyone
7. alcohol increases sex drive
8. most students are against any college efforts to restrict
9. drinking is a rite of passage
work hard play hard alcohol culture myth
Ans: those who play hard are less likely to work hard, binge drinkers are more
likely to miss class, fall behind in school work, and have failing grades
I am in control, I can handle my liquor alcohol culture myth
Ans: the more you drink, the less in control you are, alcohol is an addictive drug
everybody does it alcohol culture myth
Ans: 56% don't binge drink and 20% abstain altogether
t/f minorities are less likely to drink
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Ans: true; drinking has never been a strong tradition
smart people don't binge drink, academically demanding school are safe from
binge drinking alcohol culture myth
Ans: SAT or IQ scores do not protect one from binge drinking, ivy league schools
included, academic stress could be a reason for drinking
alcohol is not that harmful, after all it's only beer alcohol culture myth
Ans: beer accounts for 80% of dangerous drinking, unsafe to drive after drinking
any amount of alcohol
T/F: beer is not associated with DUI's
Ans: false, more likely associated with beer
my drinking is my own business; it doesn't hurt anyone else alcohol culture myth
Ans: 3/4 (75%) of all students report having had bad experiences due to
someone else's drinking, second hand effects range from being assaulted or having
your sleep or study time interrupted, more than 600,000 are hit or assaulted by
another student who has been drinking, problems can affect your family, your
parents, your brother or sister, alcohol problems are family problems, there are
costs to society
alcohol increases your sex drive-and sex appeal alcohol culture myth
Ans: provokes the desire, but takes away from the performance, interrupts the
conduction of nerve impulses necessary for erection, forced and nonconsensual sex
increases with heavy drinking, compromises women's ability to reach an orgasm
most students are dead set against any college efforts to restrict alcohol on campus
alcohol culture myth
