Alcohol Is a Depressant, and Not a Stimulant

question 61

Multiple Choice

Alcohol is a depressant, and not a stimulant. Although alcohol may make people feel outgoing, it inhibits the nervous system by effectively increasing the binding of:

• A) GABA
• B) epinephrine
• C) serotonin
• D) glutamate

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Definitions:

Required Return

The minimum expected return by investors for investing in a particular asset, taking into account the risk level of the investment.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, widely used in finance to assess the risk of a financial instrument.

Probability Distribution

An analytical function detailing each potential outcome and its probability for a random variable within a set interval.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean, often used in statistics.