According to the Critical Thinking Box on Smoking and Psychological

question 239

Multiple Choice

According to the Critical Thinking box on smoking and psychological disorders, which of the following is FALSE?

• A)Several studies focusing on adolescents found that cigarette smoking predicted the onset of depressive symptoms.
• B)A positive association was found between smoking and the severity of symptoms experienced by people with anxiety disorders.
• C)In a study of people with schizophrenia, 90 percent of the patients had started smoking before their illness began.
• D)People who smoke have nearly twice the risk of later developing major depressive disorder.

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Horizontal

Describing a direction or plane that runs parallel to the ground or baseline in a coordinate system, often used to represent stability or equality.

Vertical

Relating to or denoting a direction or plane that is perpendicular to the horizon or to a base line, often used in various fields to describe orientation.

Outlier

An observation in data that is significantly distant from the rest of the observations, often indicating a measurement or entry error, or a novel or extreme value.

Positively Associated

A relationship between two variables where they move in the same direction, implying that as one variable increases, the other one also increases.