Physical Habituation to a Drug So That Frequent Usage Necessitates

question 33

Multiple Choice

Physical habituation to a drug so that frequent usage necessitates higher and higher dosages to attain similar effects is called ______.

• A) dependence
• B) tolerance
• C) addiction
• D) potentiation

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Definitions:

Simple Random Sample

A simple random sample of size n from a finite population of size N is a sample selected such that each possible sample of size n has the same probability of being selected.

Probability

An indicator of the probability that a particular event will take place, represented by a numerical value ranging from 0 to 1, with 0 meaning the event cannot happen and 1 meaning the event is certain to happen.

Population

Every individual or item under consideration in a statistical evaluation.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical function that provides the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes in an experiment.