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Summarizing the "Stepping Stone" or "Gateway" Theory of Drug Use,especially

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Summarizing the "stepping stone" or "gateway" theory of drug use,especially the role marijuana plays in it,and summarize the three principal models or schools of thought that attempt to explain this drug progression.Which seems to you to be most empirically adequate?


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External Expectancies

Beliefs or anticipations about the outcomes of one's behaviors that are influenced by environmental or societal factors.

Locus of Control

A psychological concept that refers to an individual's belief about the extent to which the outcomes of their actions are under their own control (internal locus) or beyond their control (external locus).

Self-efficacy

An individual's belief in their own capability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.

Learned Responses

Behaviors or reactions that are developed through experience or conditioning rather than being innate.

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