You Have Been Asked to Design a Targeted Drug Prevention

question 84

Multiple Choice

You have been asked to design a targeted drug prevention program. Your task is to decide on which sex, if any, should receive more attention. You decide that it depends on which drug or drugs are under consideration and that

• A) for alcohol abuse the focus should be on women, who have a higher rate of alcohol abuse.
• B) for alcohol dependence the focus should be on women, who have a higher rate than men.
• C) for drug abuse, in general, the focus should be on men who have the highest rate.
• D) for drug dependence in general the rates are equal, so each sex will have to be targeted.

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Social Cognition

The process of understanding how people perceive, think about, and remember information about others and themselves.

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