When a Person Stops Taking a Substance and Then Experiences

question 37

Multiple Choice

When a person stops taking a substance and then experiences clinically significant disruptions in his/her life, that person is said to be experiencing which of the following conditions? This question is based on the Faces Interactive Substance Abuse Module

• A) Substance dependence
• B) Substance withdrawal
• C) Substance intoxication
• D) Substance abuse

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Definitions:

Attitudes

Behavioral inclinations demonstrated through assessing a specific entity with a level of preference or aversion.

Adapt

To adjust or change one's behavior or thinking to suit a new situation or environment.

Conditioned Stimulus

A neutral stimulus that, through repeated pairings with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to evoke a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus (e.g., meat powder) that naturally evokes a particular response (salivation).