SOCL 4465 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
One very consistent finding is that students who report_________ are less likely to
smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use any type of illicit drug than other students.
a. being well-off financially
b. having more involvement with religion
c. having high self-esteem
d. having lots of friends
b. having more involvement with religion
Suppose a person is prescribed opioid medication (similar to heroin) to treat a painful
injury. But after her injury heals, she takes the drug primarily to feel euphoria. Based on
this information alone, what term would you use to describe her drug use?
a. drug dependence
b. drug abuse
c. drug misuse
d. deviant drug use
c. drug misuse
Factors that are correlated with an increased likelihood of drug use are known as
a. drug profiles.
b. weaknesses.
c. causal factors.
d. risk factors.
d. risk factors.
_________ means that, everything else being equal, each time one takes the drug one
increases slightly the probability that he or she will take it again.
a. Drug misuse
b. Reinforcement
c. Deviant drug use
d. Altered perception
b. Reinforcement
,Cocaine and methamphetamine are still used for medical purposes in the United States.
True
False
True
Which of the following is a limitation of the survey questionnaire studies on drug use
among adolescents and young adults?
a. This technique can be used only on students who are in classrooms.
b. The sample sizes used for research studies are too small.
c. The results do not reflect trends in drug use over time due to fluctuating tendencies to
overreport or underreport drug use.
d. The researchers who conduct these studies tend to be biased.
a. This technique can be used only on students who are in classrooms.
One of the most important risk factors for drug use is
a. having friends who use marijuana or other substances.
b. being heavily involved in extracurricular activities.
c. having lots of money.
d. believing that your parents are a source of social support.
a. having friends who use marijuana or other substances.
One of the first drugs used by a typical drug user is called a(n)_________ drug.
a. analgesic
b. reinforcing
c. illicit
d. gateway
d. gateway
Drug use that is not common within a social group and that is disapproved of by the
majority, causing members of a group to take corrective action when it occurs is
a. drug misuse.
b. illicit drug abuse.
c. deviant drug use.
d. drug abuse.
c. deviant drug use.
, Willingness to fight with peers seems to be an important protective factor against
substance use.
True
False
False
One of the general principles of psychoactive drugs is that every drug has_________.
a. a key to some part of the mind
b. impurities
c. multiple effects
d. effects on the heart
c. multiple effects
Which of the following models was the most common view of addiction until the
twentieth century?
a. the medical model
b. the moral model
c. the positive reinforcement model
d. the socio-cultural model
b. the moral model
In the past 100 years, the introduction of vaccines to prevent diseases and antibiotics to
cure some types of infections laid the foundation for
a. illicit drug markets.
b. the "war on drugs."
c .our acceptance of medicines as the cornerstone of our health care system.
d. many dangerous drug interactions.
c. our acceptance of medicines as the cornerstone of our health care system.
Which of the following statements defines the term "antecedents"?
One very consistent finding is that students who report_________ are less likely to
smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use any type of illicit drug than other students.
a. being well-off financially
b. having more involvement with religion
c. having high self-esteem
d. having lots of friends
b. having more involvement with religion
Suppose a person is prescribed opioid medication (similar to heroin) to treat a painful
injury. But after her injury heals, she takes the drug primarily to feel euphoria. Based on
this information alone, what term would you use to describe her drug use?
a. drug dependence
b. drug abuse
c. drug misuse
d. deviant drug use
c. drug misuse
Factors that are correlated with an increased likelihood of drug use are known as
a. drug profiles.
b. weaknesses.
c. causal factors.
d. risk factors.
d. risk factors.
_________ means that, everything else being equal, each time one takes the drug one
increases slightly the probability that he or she will take it again.
a. Drug misuse
b. Reinforcement
c. Deviant drug use
d. Altered perception
b. Reinforcement
,Cocaine and methamphetamine are still used for medical purposes in the United States.
True
False
True
Which of the following is a limitation of the survey questionnaire studies on drug use
among adolescents and young adults?
a. This technique can be used only on students who are in classrooms.
b. The sample sizes used for research studies are too small.
c. The results do not reflect trends in drug use over time due to fluctuating tendencies to
overreport or underreport drug use.
d. The researchers who conduct these studies tend to be biased.
a. This technique can be used only on students who are in classrooms.
One of the most important risk factors for drug use is
a. having friends who use marijuana or other substances.
b. being heavily involved in extracurricular activities.
c. having lots of money.
d. believing that your parents are a source of social support.
a. having friends who use marijuana or other substances.
One of the first drugs used by a typical drug user is called a(n)_________ drug.
a. analgesic
b. reinforcing
c. illicit
d. gateway
d. gateway
Drug use that is not common within a social group and that is disapproved of by the
majority, causing members of a group to take corrective action when it occurs is
a. drug misuse.
b. illicit drug abuse.
c. deviant drug use.
d. drug abuse.
c. deviant drug use.
, Willingness to fight with peers seems to be an important protective factor against
substance use.
True
False
False
One of the general principles of psychoactive drugs is that every drug has_________.
a. a key to some part of the mind
b. impurities
c. multiple effects
d. effects on the heart
c. multiple effects
Which of the following models was the most common view of addiction until the
twentieth century?
a. the medical model
b. the moral model
c. the positive reinforcement model
d. the socio-cultural model
b. the moral model
In the past 100 years, the introduction of vaccines to prevent diseases and antibiotics to
cure some types of infections laid the foundation for
a. illicit drug markets.
b. the "war on drugs."
c .our acceptance of medicines as the cornerstone of our health care system.
d. many dangerous drug interactions.
c. our acceptance of medicines as the cornerstone of our health care system.
Which of the following statements defines the term "antecedents"?
