The Alcohol Dependency Syndrome

question 86

Multiple Choice

The alcohol dependency syndrome

• A) considers alcoholism as a medical disease.
• B) assumes that alcoholics lose complete control of their drinking.
• C) views alcoholism as an inherited disease.
• D) assumes that different people have different patterns of drinking.

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Definitions:

Cultural Rules

Norms and guidelines within a society that dictate acceptable behavior, values, and beliefs.

Brain Activation

The process by which specific regions of the brain increase in activity, often in response to stimuli or during the performance of tasks.

Arousal

A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, often involving heightened physical and mental alertness.

Visual Cliff

An experimental apparatus designed to give the illusion of a dangerous drop-off, used to study depth perception and fear of heights in infants.