A School Health Nurse Is Asked by a Parent Group

question 12

Multiple Choice

A school health nurse is asked by a parent group to explain risk factors for alcoholism.Which of the following information should the nurse include?

• A) Alcoholism is determined primarily by the family environment.
• B) Alcoholism is determined partly by genetic factors.
• C) Persons who are alcoholics are usually women.
• D) Persons born with fetal alcohol syndrome are alcoholics from birth.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.