A Lonely,depressed Divorcée Has Been Self-Medicating with Small Amounts of Cocaine

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Multiple Choice

A lonely,depressed divorcée has been self-medicating with small amounts of cocaine for the past year.Which term should a nurse use to best describe this individual's situation?

• A)Psychological addiction
• B)Physical addiction
• C)Substance induced disorder
• D)Social induced disorder

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Definitions:

Encoding

The initial process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.

State-Dependent Memory

The phenomenon where information learned in a particular state of mind (e.g., happiness, sadness) is more easily recalled when in the same state.

Working Memory

A cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding and processing information necessary for complex tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension.

Mental Rotation

The cognitive process of rotating mental representations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.