Compared to Persons with More Long-Term Drinking Problems, People Who

question 11

Multiple Choice

Compared to persons with more long-term drinking problems, people who become problem drinkers in late middle age are

• A) less likely to be successfully treated.
• B) more likely to have a higher tolerance for alcohol.
• C) more likely to use problem drinking as a coping method for managing stress.
• D) less likely to control their drinking on their own.
• E) more likely to develop lung cancer.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A common tendency for individuals to attribute positive outcomes to their own character but attribute negative outcomes to external factors.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

Deindividuation

A psychological state characterized by reduced self-awareness and decreased personal responsibility, often occurring in group situations that lead to uninhibited and impulsive behavior.

Social Contagion

The spread of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions through a group or society by social influence.