One of Your Friends Routinely Uses "Study Pills" (Ritalin) to Help

question 131

Multiple Choice

One of your friends routinely uses "study pills" (Ritalin) to help him stay awake and pull all-nighters during exam time. Normally, if he takes a small dose, he is fine, but lately when he takes the same dose, he gets extremely agitated and cannot sit still. The same dose is having a larger effect on him than it used to. This is an example of:

• A)drug addiction.
• B)tolerance.
• C)behavioral sensitization.
• D)withdrawal.

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Definitions:

Limit Setting

The process of establishing boundaries or rules to manage behavior, commonly used in therapy and parenting.

Provocative

Describes actions or behaviors intended to elicit a strong reaction or emotion, often deliberately challenging or controversial.

Avoidant

A tendency to evade or escape facing unpleasant tasks, situations, or interactions out of fear or discomfort.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

A mental health disorder characterized by severe social anxiety, thought disorder, paranoid ideation, derealization, transient psychosis, and often unconventional beliefs.