_____, Linked to Substance Abuse and Dependence, Is the Development

question 18

Multiple Choice

_____, linked to substance abuse and dependence, is the development of a series of symptoms, often involving psychological or behavioral changes, directly related to intake of a substance and its influence on the central nervous system.

• A)Minimization
• B)Withdrawal
• C)Tolerance
• D)Intoxication

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood of a specific event or outcome, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the individual values in a dataset deviate from the mean of the dataset.

Random Variable

A variable that can take on numerical results from a random event.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.