Cigarette Smoke Is a Complete Carcinogen Because It Acts as Both

question 96

True/False

Cigarette smoke is a complete carcinogen because it acts as both an initiator and a promoter.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A theory in Freudian psychology that describes five stages of child development, each characterized by a focus on erogenous zones and a particular conflict that must be resolved to achieve healthy psychological development.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Oral Stage

An early phase in Freudian psychosexual development, during which an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory proposed by Freud, suggesting an unconscious desire of a child, particularly a male, to possess the parent of the opposite sex and the exclusion of the same-sex parent.