The Drug That Is Consumed the Greatest Number of Times

question 20

Multiple Choice

The drug that is consumed the greatest number of times in the U.S.is:

• A) alcohol
• B) the nicotine in tobacco
• C) the prescription amphetamines
• D) the prescription narcotics
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Drive Reduction Theory

A psychological theory that posits that motivation is rooted in the biological need to reduce internal drives, such as hunger or thirst, returning the organism to a state of homeostasis.

Circumplex Model

A model that describes human emotions as existing along two main dimensions: valence (positive to negative) and arousal (high to low).

Valence

In psychology, valence refers to the intrinsic attractiveness(good-ness) or averseness(bad-ness) of an event, object, or situation.

Arousal Level

Arousal level refers to the state of being awake and reactive to stimuli, involving physiological and psychological mechanisms that can vary from low to high intensity.