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Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Substance-Related Disorders
Question Type: True False
1) Many celebrities who have died of drug overdoses recently seem to have consumed several
substances.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
2) In DSM-5, substance abuse and substance dependence are combined into substance-related
disorders.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
3) Polysubstance abuse is used as the diagnosis if a person is using or abusing at least three
drugs.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
4) Tolerance for alcohol is mostly determined by psychological factors.
,Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
5) While more men drink than women, the rates for hazardous drinking are equal across
genders.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
6) The moral model views alcoholism as a personal failing.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
7) Thinking of alcoholism as a disease supports research for brain mechanisms implicated in
addiction.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
,8) Because students are so technology driven, computer-delivered alcohol interventions are
most effective.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Student Perspectives 12.1
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
9) Most alcoholics follow a similar course – they begin with social drinking and progress to
severe alcoholism.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
10) There is little that can be done for a child once he or she has been exposed to alcohol in
utero and develops fetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
11) Inhalant use is particularly prominent amongst Aboriginal youth.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
, Bloom’s: Knowledge
12) Nicotine is addictive because it stimulates dopamine receptors in the brain.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
13) Smoking is more common among people who live in poverty and have less education.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge
14) Second-hand smoke contains more nicotine and tar than the smoke inhaled by a smoker.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge
15) It is legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Canada.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.3 Marijuana
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.3 Describe the psychological, physical, and therapeutic effects of
marijuana and how there are complex considerations to take into account when it is decided to
Test Bank for Abnormal Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Flett Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Substance-Related Disorders
Question Type: True False
1) Many celebrities who have died of drug overdoses recently seem to have consumed several
substances.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
2) In DSM-5, substance abuse and substance dependence are combined into substance-related
disorders.
Answer: True
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
3) Polysubstance abuse is used as the diagnosis if a person is using or abusing at least three
drugs.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
4) Tolerance for alcohol is mostly determined by psychological factors.
,Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
5) While more men drink than women, the rates for hazardous drinking are equal across
genders.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Knowledge
6) The moral model views alcoholism as a personal failing.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
7) Thinking of alcoholism as a disease supports research for brain mechanisms implicated in
addiction.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
,8) Because students are so technology driven, computer-delivered alcohol interventions are
most effective.
Answer: False
Section Reference: Student Perspectives 12.1
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
9) Most alcoholics follow a similar course – they begin with social drinking and progress to
severe alcoholism.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
10) There is little that can be done for a child once he or she has been exposed to alcohol in
utero and develops fetal alcohol syndrome.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
Bloom’s: Comprehension
11) Inhalant use is particularly prominent amongst Aboriginal youth.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.1 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.1 Identify the signs and symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence
with reference to drinking in students and the consequences of alcohol abuse and dependence
, Bloom’s: Knowledge
12) Nicotine is addictive because it stimulates dopamine receptors in the brain.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Comprehension
13) Smoking is more common among people who live in poverty and have less education.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge
14) Second-hand smoke contains more nicotine and tar than the smoke inhaled by a smoker.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 12.2 Nicotine and Cigarette Smoking
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.2 Discuss the addictiveness of nicotine and its toll on people with
reference to current trends in the prevalence of smoking
Bloom’s: Knowledge
15) It is legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Canada.
Answer: False
Section Reference: 12.3 Marijuana
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 12.3 Describe the psychological, physical, and therapeutic effects of
marijuana and how there are complex considerations to take into account when it is decided to
