When an Individual Exhibits a Progressively Decreased Responsiveness to a Drug

question 44

Multiple Choice

When an individual exhibits a progressively decreased responsiveness to a drug, this phenomenon is called:

• A) dependence.
• B) psychosocial adaptation.
• C) abuse.
• D) drug immunity syndrome.
• E) tolerance.

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Definitions:

IQR

IQR, or Interquartile Range, is a measure of statistical variability, which is calculated as the difference between the 25th (first quartile) and the 75th percentile (third quartile) values in a data set, showing the spread of the middle 50% of the data.

Range

The gap between the maximum and minimum figures within a dataset.

Median

The middle value in a list of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the data set.

IQR

Interquartile Range, a measure of statistical dispersion, which is the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of the data.