Ch2: The Nature of the Beast (An Examination of the Problem of SUDs)
1. Which of the following is a reason that people use drugs or alcohol, according to the textbook?
a. To reduce an individual’s sense of pleasure
b. To express a forbidden impulse
c. To experience a feeling of discomfort
d. To seek a higher state of spiritual existence
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.4c - Compiling, synthesizing, and categorizing information
2. Samantha learned that someone had given her LSD without her knowledge. Before the effects of the drug set in,
Samantha was scared of how she was going to experience the drug because she had a terrifying experience in the past.
Samantha’s __________ will have an impact on her physical experience of the drug.
a. social learning
b. reward potential
c. blindness to the drug’s effects
d. individual expectations
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.7a - Clarifying expectations
3. There is one widely accepted, universal definition of the terms “problematic use, abuse,” and “addiction.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is "Addicted" to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.04 - Consider the questions that remain unknown regarding SUDs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.5A - Counseling and Helping Relationships – Theories and
ARDS: models of counseling
United States - CSHSE.6a - Theory and knowledge bases of prevention, intervention, and
maintenance strategies to achieve maximum autonomy and functioning
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,4. Tolerance is defined as __________.
a. needing to use more of a drug to achieve the desired effect previously achieved at a lower dose
b. continued drug abuse by an individual despite significantly negative consequences
c. the negative physical effects the user experiences when the drug is no longer in their system
d. when an individual uses a compound that is not medically necessary
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
5. Current research has been able to identify specific mechanisms for distinguishing between social alcohol users who will
go on to develop an alcohol-related problem and those who will not.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is “Addicted” to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.04 - Consider the questions that remain unknown regarding SUDs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP3d - Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting,
ARDS: interpreting, and reporting the results of research and/or program evaluation
United States - CSHSE.4i - Utilizing research findings and other information for community
education and public relations
6. According to your text, rare to social use of a chemical __________.
a. is clearly inconsistent with the expectations of the person’s cultural group
b. has an inverse relationship with the person’s state of health
c. usually involves a period of intense substance abuse that is not acceptable to the leaders of the social group
d. involves experimental use at a level that does not exceed social norms
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3F - Systemic and environmental factors that affect human
ARDS: development, functioning, and behavior
United States - CSHSE.3c - The major models used to conceptualize and integrate
prevention, maintenance, intervention, rehabilitation, and healthy functioning
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,7. One factor that is frequently overlooked in the initiation or maintenance of substance use is __________.
a. availability
b. choice
c. genetics
d. age
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
8. The basic laws of behavioral psychology hold that the main motivating force for humans is the __________.
a. increase in pleasure or decrease in discomfort
b. pleasure principle
c. disapproval of fringe social groups
d. intrusive nature of sensory experiences deemed unacceptable to that person’s social group
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
9. Cultural and social influences on an individual’s substance use behaviors __________.
a. are hardly relevant to the individual’s choice of drugs of abuse
b. push individuals toward alcohol but not drug abuse
c. help to shape the individual’s decision to engage in substance use
d. are negative influences on the individual’s life goals
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.2A - Social and Cultural Diversity – Multicultural and pluralistic
ARDS: characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally
United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
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, 10. Which of the following statements is supported by research cited in your text?
a. The term “substance abuse” has been clearly defined.
b. There is little agreement about how to define “use, abuse,” and “addiction.”
c. The limits of normal use have been defined, but abuse and addiction are still ill-defined.
d. The limits of both use and abuse have been clearly defined, but the term “addiction” is still poorly defined.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is "Addicted" to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.02 - Describe the cycle of drug misuse and the continuum on which
TIVES: individuals may fall.
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.8i - Analysis and use of data in counseling
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.4i - Utilizing research findings and other information for community
education and public relations
11. Which of the following is one of the diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of a substance use disorder, according to your
text?
a. Impaired control over substance use
b. No avoidance of activities not centered on substance use
c. Enhancement of normal functioning
d. Adherence to religious dictates against substance use
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is “Addicted” to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.02 - Describe the cycle of drug misuse and the continuum on which
TIVES: individuals may fall.
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.7E - Assessment and Testing – Use of assessments for
ARDS: diagnostic and intervention planning purposes
United States - CSHSE.4a - Obtaining information through interviewing, active listening,
consultation with others, library or other research, and the observation of clients and
systems
12. The withdrawal syndrome seen when a compound __________ characteristic of physical dependence on that
compound.
a. is discontinued is a
b. is discontinued is not a
c. is not used in excess is a
d. is used with decreasing frequency is not a
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
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1. Which of the following is a reason that people use drugs or alcohol, according to the textbook?
a. To reduce an individual’s sense of pleasure
b. To express a forbidden impulse
c. To experience a feeling of discomfort
d. To seek a higher state of spiritual existence
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.4c - Compiling, synthesizing, and categorizing information
2. Samantha learned that someone had given her LSD without her knowledge. Before the effects of the drug set in,
Samantha was scared of how she was going to experience the drug because she had a terrifying experience in the past.
Samantha’s __________ will have an impact on her physical experience of the drug.
a. social learning
b. reward potential
c. blindness to the drug’s effects
d. individual expectations
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.7a - Clarifying expectations
3. There is one widely accepted, universal definition of the terms “problematic use, abuse,” and “addiction.”
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is "Addicted" to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.04 - Consider the questions that remain unknown regarding SUDs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.5A - Counseling and Helping Relationships – Theories and
ARDS: models of counseling
United States - CSHSE.6a - Theory and knowledge bases of prevention, intervention, and
maintenance strategies to achieve maximum autonomy and functioning
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,4. Tolerance is defined as __________.
a. needing to use more of a drug to achieve the desired effect previously achieved at a lower dose
b. continued drug abuse by an individual despite significantly negative consequences
c. the negative physical effects the user experiences when the drug is no longer in their system
d. when an individual uses a compound that is not medically necessary
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
5. Current research has been able to identify specific mechanisms for distinguishing between social alcohol users who will
go on to develop an alcohol-related problem and those who will not.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is “Addicted” to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.04 - Consider the questions that remain unknown regarding SUDs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP3d - Ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting,
ARDS: interpreting, and reporting the results of research and/or program evaluation
United States - CSHSE.4i - Utilizing research findings and other information for community
education and public relations
6. According to your text, rare to social use of a chemical __________.
a. is clearly inconsistent with the expectations of the person’s cultural group
b. has an inverse relationship with the person’s state of health
c. usually involves a period of intense substance abuse that is not acceptable to the leaders of the social group
d. involves experimental use at a level that does not exceed social norms
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3F - Systemic and environmental factors that affect human
ARDS: development, functioning, and behavior
United States - CSHSE.3c - The major models used to conceptualize and integrate
prevention, maintenance, intervention, rehabilitation, and healthy functioning
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,7. One factor that is frequently overlooked in the initiation or maintenance of substance use is __________.
a. availability
b. choice
c. genetics
d. age
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
8. The basic laws of behavioral psychology hold that the main motivating force for humans is the __________.
a. increase in pleasure or decrease in discomfort
b. pleasure principle
c. disapproval of fringe social groups
d. intrusive nature of sensory experiences deemed unacceptable to that person’s social group
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.3D - Theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
9. Cultural and social influences on an individual’s substance use behaviors __________.
a. are hardly relevant to the individual’s choice of drugs of abuse
b. push individuals toward alcohol but not drug abuse
c. help to shape the individual’s decision to engage in substance use
d. are negative influences on the individual’s life goals
ANSWER: c
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Why Do People Choose to Use Drugs or Alcohol?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.01 - Understand why individuals may use alcohol and/or drugs.
TIVES:
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.2A - Social and Cultural Diversity – Multicultural and pluralistic
ARDS: characteristics within and among diverse groups nationally and internationally
United States - CSHSE.2a - Theories of human development
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, 10. Which of the following statements is supported by research cited in your text?
a. The term “substance abuse” has been clearly defined.
b. There is little agreement about how to define “use, abuse,” and “addiction.”
c. The limits of normal use have been defined, but abuse and addiction are still ill-defined.
d. The limits of both use and abuse have been clearly defined, but the term “addiction” is still poorly defined.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is "Addicted" to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.02 - Describe the cycle of drug misuse and the continuum on which
TIVES: individuals may fall.
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.8i - Analysis and use of data in counseling
ARDS: United States - CSHSE.4i - Utilizing research findings and other information for community
education and public relations
11. Which of the following is one of the diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of a substance use disorder, according to your
text?
a. Impaired control over substance use
b. No avoidance of activities not centered on substance use
c. Enhancement of normal functioning
d. Adherence to religious dictates against substance use
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What Do We Mean When We Say That Somebody Is “Addicted” to a Chemical?
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.02 - Describe the cycle of drug misuse and the continuum on which
TIVES: individuals may fall.
NATIONAL STAND United States - CACREP.7E - Assessment and Testing – Use of assessments for
ARDS: diagnostic and intervention planning purposes
United States - CSHSE.4a - Obtaining information through interviewing, active listening,
consultation with others, library or other research, and the observation of clients and
systems
12. The withdrawal syndrome seen when a compound __________ characteristic of physical dependence on that
compound.
a. is discontinued is a
b. is discontinued is not a
c. is not used in excess is a
d. is used with decreasing frequency is not a
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Definitions of Terms Used in This Text
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJEC DOWE.COCD.24.02.03 - Understand the terminology used in the field and in this text.
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