When Substances Are Used to Relieve an Unpleasant Emotional State

question 190

Multiple Choice

When substances are used to relieve an unpleasant emotional state such as sadness,anxiety,stress,or loneliness,the type of substance use is ____.

• A)experimenting
• B)self-medicating
• C)social substance use
• D)addiction

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Definitions:

Information Processing

A cognitive approach that likens the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

Cerebral Hemisphere

One of the two halves of the brain (left or right) in vertebrates, responsible for control over the opposite side of the body and different functions such as language and logic (left hemisphere) or spatial and creative tasks (right hemisphere).

Plasticity

The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience or injury.

Surgical Removal

The process of excising or taking out tissue, an organ, or a tumor from the body during an operation.