The Primary Defining Feature of Addiction Is

question 117

Multiple Choice

The primary defining feature of addiction is

• A) physical dependence.
• B) tolerance.
• C) the inability to stop using a drug despite its adverse effects and efforts to stop.
• D) sensitization.
• E) both A and B

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Definitions:

Role Play

A technique in training and psychotherapy where individuals assume roles and act them out in a realistic scenario, for the purpose of learning or behavior modification.

Emotional Experiences

The complex psychological states involving thoughts, feelings, and physical changes that arise in response to stimuli or memories.

Gestalt

A psychological approach emphasizing that the whole of anything is greater than its parts, and focusing on patterns and configurations in human perception.

Psychoanalytic Groups

Groups formed for therapeutic purposes, based on principles of psychoanalysis aiming at uncovering and understanding unconscious motives and conflicts.